The L'Occitane Group is the latest beauty giant to double down on sustainability by incorporating recycled plastic into its product packaging.

The company operates thousands of floating net cages in Lake Toba to cultivate tilapia but has committed multiple violations in its operations, according North Sumatra Environment Agency head Binsar Situmorang.

The company's oil tanker, Ocean Princess, was reportedly sinking in waters off the coast of Aemoli village on Alor Island on Dec. 12 and crashed onto coral reefs in the area. The ship, which was carrying diesel at that time, was heading to Singapore from Dili.

According to a joint study by researchers from James Cook University in Australia, the University of Indonesia and Mulawarman University in Samarinda, East Kalimantan, the completed highway and railway will “fragment and destroy cast areas of tropical rainforests on the island of Borneo”.

Another humpback dolphin, believed to be the young one's mother, died on Wednesday night.

The Contamination exhibit addresses cases of irredeemable industrial pollution that over decades and even centuries have turned land into areas unfit for living beings.

Tangkahan village near Mount Leuser in North Sumatra and Pemuteran village in Bali are two of many villages in Indonesia that offer unique ecotourism attractions. 

Goldman Sachs Group Inc told employees on Wednesday it will no longer carry widely used, throw-away plastic items like water bottles or silverware in its offices and cafeterias as the U.S. bank tries to cut the amount of trash it puts in landfills.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, the global professional services network headquartered in London, recently published its long-term global growth projections to 2050 on 32 of the largest economies in the world. It projects China to lead the world’s four largest economies, followed by India, the United States and Indonesia. 

The government is developing four areas in South Sumatra as research centers as part of its peatland and forest fire management efforts.

Meteorologists have blamed a phenomenon called the polar vortex for the bitter cold that has descended on much of the central and eastern United States this week, forcing residents to huddle indoors, closing schools and businesses and canceling flights.

A team from the Leuser Conservation Forum performed a ground check on damaged areas in the ecosystem and found that, in 2018, about 5,685 hectares of the ecosystem were deforested, with the most serious damage found in Gayo Lues with 1,063 ha of deforested area.

The mayor of South Tangerang, Banten, is looking to revive a tree-planting program for newlyweds-to-be.

The scheduled deadline for completing the rehabilitation of the Citarum River may be pushed back because of a lack of cooperation among stakeholders.

Medan tops the list of the country's dirtiest cities.

The liberalization of foreign investment in the crumb rubber industry is an example of misguided policy-making, which instead of achieving the objective of attracting investment could adversely affect the whole industry.

Eye-watering, throat-scratching air pollution is a major driver of big city blues in China, according to a study published Monday that matched social network chatter with fine-particle pollution levels.

The government has been working on ways to engage the private sector in its waste reduction efforts, particularly plastic waste, by formulating a road map for businesses to reduce the amount of waste it produces.

Golongan Hutan has prepared questions for candidates related to environmental issues. 

The 2006 movie Blood Diamond starring Leonardo DiCaprio, based on a true story, showed how the diamond trade in Africa led to smuggling, war and child abuse. The story inspired a trading system called the Kimberley Process (KP) that is committed to eliminating conflicts in the diamond trade in the global supply chain.

Scientists have unveiled what they say is an ideal diet for the health of the planet and its people - including a doubling of consumption of nuts, fruits, vegetables and legumes, and a halving of meat and sugar intake.

LIPI marine scientist Reza Cordova explained recently that up to 89 percent of anchovies, fished in Indonesian waters, have been contaminated by microplastics, with up to 1.5 particles being found in every gram of anchovies.

In the southernmost part of Chile's Patagonia region, scientists are studying whales, dolphins and algae in order to help predict how climate change will affect the world's oceans.

Iran's president said Monday the Islamic republic plans to launch two domestically made satellites into orbit in the "coming days" to gather information on the country's environment, state TV reported.

Thailand is set to deploy rainmaking planes to seed clouds in an effort to tackle the pall of pollution that has shrouded the capital in recent weeks.

Pollution levels on London’s underground rail system are so high that an hour’s travel is the same as spending a whole day in traffic, new research has found.

Singapore is creating a vast eco-tourism zone, but environmentalists fear the development will damage natural habitats and are already blaming it for a series of animal deaths.

What do Ethiopia, Senegal and Indonesia have in common? Any idea?

Bekasi in West Java is set to implement a ban on single-use plastic bags in March, starting with modern retailers.

The people living in Sowek, Papua, loyally preserve the region’s mangrove heritage.