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October 01, 2020 | Tempo

'Fire Corporation' Investigation Video Series (bahasa Indonesia)

Agoeng Wijaya Soedjito, Aseanty Pahlevi, Ibrahim Arsyad, Kennial Caroline Laia, and Nugroho Budi Baskoro

Tempo’s collaboration with Mongabay Indonesia, Betahita, Malaysiakini and Auriga Nusantara found traces of the involvement of a number of forestry and oil palm plantation companies in the big forest fire in 2019.

September 18, 2020 | Tempo, Betahita

Two Lives of Fire Giant (bahasa Indonesia)

Kennial Caroline Laia and Agoeng Wijaya

Journalists and civil society organizations from different countries came together to uncover the alleged involvement of corporations in Indonesia’s 2019 fire season.

September 17, 2020 | Tempo

Feeling the Heat

Agoeng Wijaya Soedjito

There is concern that a number of articles in the job creation bill may weaken environmental law enforcement. The bill poses a new threat to forests and peatlands.

September 17, 2020 | Tempo, Betahita

Peatland Fires Are 'Patterned and Massive'

Agoeng Wijaya

The next two months will be crucial for Nazir Foead and his team at Indonesia's Peatland Restoration Agency (BRG). Peatlands have been vulnerable to fires during this time of year, and BRG has been the target of criticism.

September 17, 2020 | Tempo

Companies Behind Forest Fires

Agoeng Wijaya Soedjito

Land and forest fires ravaged Indonesia in 2019. Satellite imagery and field checking suggest that companies were at fault. Poor law enforcement and lax regulations may trigger similar disasters in the future.

September 17, 2020 | Tempo

The Untouchables

Agoeng Wijaya

Companies responsible for forest fires in Indonesia are not being served equal punishment. Civil suits are difficult to execute, while criminal suits do not seem to be moving forward.

September 17, 2020 | Tempo

Bamboo-Powered Plants Gone Offline

Febrianti, Abdul Manan

Power plants in three Indonesian villages stopped operating less than a year after being officially opened. As a result, hundreds of families spend their nights without electricity.