Indonesia will revoke more than 20 forestry permits across the country, the forestry minister said on Dec. 15, after deadly ...

The disaster exposed how logging reshaped floodplains that are home to tens of millions of people. Sumatra is a major hub for ...

A major global forestry certification body is under scrutiny for endorsing one of Indonesia’s largest recent deforesters, ...

The fire was extinguished after three hours of intense effort. The cause is under investigation, officials said.

Indonesia has set the fines it will impose on miners operating illegally in forest areas, part of government efforts to ...

Indonesia needs not only tougher laws and regulations on the use and conversion of forest land by plantation and mining companies, but also tighter supervision and credible enforcement of these rules.

Environmentalists say that the flash floods and landslides in Sumatra have been worsened by years of logging linked to mining ...

Survivors in Indonesia were piecing back shattered lives Friday after devastating floods killed more than 1,500 people across ...

Deaths from last week’s catastrophic floods and landslides in parts of Asia have surged past 1,500. Rescue teams are racing to reach survivors, with hundreds still unaccounted for. Experts warn ...

HONG KONG – The death toll of Hong Kong’s high-rise apartment blaze rose to 159 on Wednesday, as authorities arrested six ...

Southeast Asia has been hit by unusually severe floods this year, with late storms killing more than 1,200 people and leaving hundreds missing across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand. Scientists ...