By Basten Gokkon A new study has mapped whale shark stranding hotspots in Indonesian waters over the past decade and linked ...

The latest version of Indonesia’s forest moratorium map is improved over its predecessor, say forestry analysts from Daemeter Consulting. The map, released by the Ministry of Forestry (MoF), lays out ...

Bad maps have undermined Indonesia’s development for a long time. For one, they have made it tough to fight the annual forest and peatland fires. Now, the government wants to establish a national ...

Share the best of The Jakarta Post with friends, family, or colleagues. As a subscriber, you can gift 3 to 5 articles each month that anyone can read—no subscription needed! resident Joko “Jokowi” ...

Indonesia successfully held its third direct elections in 2014. Although there was only a slight difference in the number of votes and the presidency had to be decided by the Constitutional Court, ...

One of the major challenges in stopping illegal deforestation in Indonesia is the existence of numerous, conflicting concession maps, based on which level of government, or ministry, you talk to. This ...

THIS shocking map of volcanoes shows why Indonesia has been ranked as the country with biggest volcano threat to life. Bali’s highest volcano Mount Agung, which is on the brink of erupting, is just ...

An ambitious Indonesian project to create a single database of the country’s land area and stop conflicts is destined to flounder unless it includes maps created by indigenous communities, advocates ...

The Indonesian government has identified approximately 920,000 hectares of land for potential use in the country's ethanol ...

10:22, Sun, Jul 29, 2018 Updated: 12:21, Sun, Jul 29, 2018 The massive quake struck at 6.47am on Sunday (11.47pm BST) at a depth of 7km, about 31 miles north-west of Mataram in the north of Lombok.