West Papua was annexed by Indonesia decades ago, leading to a prolonged conflict. A tribal chief who lives overseas recently declared himself president of the embattled territory. By Richard C.
An independent investigation based on satellite imagery has concluded that palm oil giant Korindo deliberately set fires to clear rainforest in its concession in Indonesia’s Papua province.
A sawmill built to process logs from an area of tropical rainforest twice the size of New York City has had its legality certification revoked by the licensing authority in Indonesia. Operator PT ...