Written with Greenpeace's South Asia Media Campaigner Hikmat Soeriatanuwijaya We are now on the peatland area of Semenanjung Kampar, half an hour awa...
Monas remains significant for many reasons, but increasingly because of the lessons it provides about Indonesia, a country caught between tradition and modernization.
A drive through the Kampar Peninsula reveals hectare after hectare of forest conversion from healthy rainforest to palm oil plantations. There is no sign of animal life or biodiversity -- just row after row of palm.
Acehnese identity is intimately related to Indonesia's wish for integration into the world and historical desires for independence. Many there crave true freedom, but know it's long off.
Is this our problem? What about the 5 million flooded-out people now in India? They are if you consider yourself a global citizen and have the wisdom to see that climate change has caused these particular disasters.
Great news here! Oil companies are going to have a great opportunity to drill in the Arctic Sea floor to find more fossil fuels, because the Arctic Circle will soon be ice-free in the summers.
Just $7,700 was contributed online to Operation USA a full week after the recent natural disasters. This compares with over $1 million donated online within 24 hours in 2004 after the Asia tsunami.
"I was just thinking I have to save my Adik (little brother)", says Eman a construction worker with an incredible story of courage and survival in the wake of the recent Sumatran earthquake.
The conference on Culture and Natural Disaster was named "Screamed, Survived, Start Anew." A Thai novelist narrated his description of the tsunami of December 26, 2004.
Some geologists say glacial melting due to climate change will unleash pressures in the Earth's crust, causing extreme geological events like earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.
The USW is in solidarity with Chinese and Indonesian workers who suffer abuse at the hands of their employers. It is governmental policies that injure us both and that we oppose. China cheats.
The recent killing of a major Indonesian militant might decelerate the rise of extremism, but there are other organizations that are ready to pick up the pieces and continue their 'mission.'
Police dealt a blow to Indonesia's main terrorism network on Thursday after confirming the death of top-ranked Islamic militant Noordin Mohammed Top following a raid on a home in Central Java.
Asia Society president Vishakha Desai says, "Ours is a complex institution, and those experiencing it can describe it in the same way the blind men touch and describe an elephant."
Although the global economy is now showing signs of recovery, Indonesia has weathered the economic crisis much better than other countries in Southeast Asia.
El-Baz plans to highlight the issues of sustainable development and self-preservation at the Arab Environment 2009 conference in Beirut, Lebanon this November
There is a good argument for treating religious liberty as the first freedom. If a government is unwilling to protect basic freedom when it comes to religious faith, then it is unlikely to tolerate political free-thinking either.
In an interview, East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta discusses life after an assassination attempt, hypocrisy and what it means to forgive.
Popular Indonesian salon and beauty school franchise Johnny Andrean wanted to get the word out about their new hair strengthening product. They opted for a literal display.
The World Bank's current struggle within its Forest Carbon Partnership Facility illustrates the difficulty of building a solid programmatic foundation that incorporates civil society concerns.
I vote to eliminate this antiquated requirement. Presidents should be chosen for their acumen and not for a word or two on a birth certificate.
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