Insights: WRI's Blog

In Indonesia overall, fish consumption shows the increasing trend year by year, although not very high. In fact, fish consumption in Indonesia was low compared to other countries in Asia Pacific region.

Indonesia has some of the highest soil erosion risk on Earth. Sustainable land management practices can address this environmental threat.

Soil is eroding more quickly than it is being formed. Sustainable land management can help control soil erosion, protect watersheds and reduce carbon emissions.

Wet peat is an excellent carbon sink that can help reducing heat and mitigating the climate crisis. On the other hand, dry peat will continually release carbon into the air even without fire. If there is a fire, the amount of carbon release can significantly increase.

Certified sustainable palm oil makes up only 20% of global trade value. How can producers and consumers work together to raise that number, and why is doing so important for Indonesia and the world?

The laws and regulations on recognition of indigenous communities and their right to land is deemed to fail without the buy-in from the communities themselves.

It is hard to imagine that a country who got their independence since 74 years ago are still depending on centralized electricity transmition, while the global trend has already moved to automatic based electricity with clean and renewable energy.

The financial losses from illegal trade in fish are huge, and even bigger if you factor in the economic activity and tax revenue that would have followed from fish entering the formal economy.

This sixth edition features the Top 5 Places to Watch for indications of illegal logging between April 1 and June 30, 2019.*

This article aims to present the results of field studies that show how unplanned deforestation can occur and what approaches can be the solution.