Reiner Brabar, Sorong – Papuan students in several major cities in Indonesia, such as Bandung, Jember, Malang, Bali, Lombok and several cities in Papua, held peaceful demonstrations on Monday April 7 to urge the gold and copper mining company PT Freeport Indonesia (FI) to immediately stop ex

Rahel Narda Chaterine, Ardito Ramadhan, Bogor – TNI (Indonesian Military) Commander General Agus Subiyanto has revealed that village supervisory non-commissioned officers (Babinsa) will be mobilised to oversee the sale of three kilogram liquid petroleum gas

Deri Dahuri – On Wednesday February 5, thousands of workers who are members of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) and the Labour Party held a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources (ESDM) offices in Jakarta.

Syakirun Ni'am, Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Mining Advocacy Network (Jatam) believes that the planned revisions to the Mineral and Coal Mining Law (UU Minerba) are a major gateway for the expansion of the mining industry, marked by the issue of guarantees there will be no changes to s

Indira Rezkisari, Jakarta – Climate activist and founder of Indonesian Climate Justice Literacy, Firdaus Cahyadi, has criticised the government's plan to give mining concessions to tertiary education institutions.

Yogyakarta – A group of people held a silent demonstration in front of the Aisyiyah University (Unisa) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta, which is to be the location of a Muhammadiyah Central Board (PP) plenary meeting on Saturday afternoon, July 27.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia, who is also the head of the Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), cannot just suddenly issue a mining permit to the Nahdlatul Ulama's Central

Makassar – The South Sulawesi Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has spoken out on the government's plan to grant mining concessions to religious social or mass organisations (ormas) which they see as having the potential to create conflicts with communities.

Jakarta – The South Sulawesi (Sulsel) Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) says that the suspected reason for the flash flood and landslide disaster in Luwu regency is because the forest cover on Mount Latimojong has declined significantly.

Ternate – The North Maluku Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), the Halmahera Study Forum (FOSHAL), the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) and Trend Asia have revealed the adverse effects caused by nickel