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Greenpeace responds to the Special Envoys’ announcement on stopping forest clearing for rice fields
Jakarta, Indonesia, 9 October 2026. The announcement by Special Envoys Hashim Djojohadikusumo and Mari Elka Pangestu at the Indonesia International Sustainability Forum 2026 should be scrutinized properly. Hashim said that Indonesia ‘does not need to expand further the cultivation of rice in so-called forest areas’, as it has successfully reached rice self-sufficiency three years ahead…
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Residents struggle amid haze in Indonesia, yet government fails to grasp the root cause of peatland fires
About 40 million people across Kalimantan and Sumatra have been forced to breathe hazardous, suffocating haze caused by forest and peatland fires for two months. Yet the Prabowo Subianto-Gibran Rakabuming Raka administration has shown no serious commitment to addressing the haze's impact on public health, even ignoring calls to declare it a national disaster.
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Indonesian Court Delivers Blow to South Sumatra Smoke Haze Victims and to Environmental Justice
In a deeply disappointing decision, the Palembang District Court in Sumatra has rejected a lawsuit filed by dozens of smoke haze victims.
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Full and permanent protection for Raja Ampat
Jakarta, 10 June 2025 – Kiki Taufik, Global Head of Greenpeace Indonesia’s Forest Campaign commented as follows on today’s announcement that the government would cancel four out of five active…
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South Sumatra Residents Testify in Landmark Haze Pollution Lawsuit
Witnesses testified today in Palembang District Court, detailing the devastating impacts of haze pollution caused by peatlands fires.
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Hearings Begin in South Sumatra’s Peatland Smoke Haze Lawsuit
A legal battle over South Sumatra’s perennial peatland fire haze began in earnest today for accountability for smoke haze and other environmental impacts arising from the operations of pulpwood companies
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Report: Indonesia’s Chronic Forest Fires – 2023
Greenpeace Indonesia's latest analysis shows that the indicative area of forest and land fires in 2023 was 2.13 million hectares. This figure is almost twice the size of the government’s data.
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Ahead of Prabowo-Gibran Inauguration, Greenpeace Urges Public to Speak Out and Monitor the New Administration
Through a creative video projection, Greenpeace Indonesia called on the public to #ChooseToSpeakUp for the protection and restoration of the environment, democracy, and human rights.
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The longest Greenpeace firefighting operation in pictures
Catastrophic wildfires, fueled by climate change, swept the world in 2019, including Indonesia. Find out the photo flashbacks and memories of Ratri Kusumohartono, Forest Campaigner at Greenpeace South-East Asia.
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Major consumer brands linked to massive CO2 emissions from Indonesia forest fires
Some of the world’s best known brands are fueling climate change by sourcing palm oil and wood pulp linked to Indonesian forest fires, reveals new Greenpeace International analysis.