Today, Indonesia speaks assertively in framing itself as an emerging force in sustainability leadership: forests are repositioned as carbon sinks, food estates are promoted as the answer to the food crisis, and sovereign wealth strategies are presented as efforts to secure …
In less than a month, Indonesia will mark its 80th anniversary. However, the celebration will not be held in IKN, but will return to…
For Indigenous communities, land is not merely an economic asset, but an identity, a source of spirituality, and the primary foundation of life that has sustained generations for centuries. However, in Indonesia today…
In the aftermath of the ecological disaster in Sumatra at the end of November 2025, suffering still lingers due to the scale of the losses: 1,199 people died, 114 remain missing, and around 114.2 thousand people were forced to evacuate (Databoks, 20/1/2026). Two months later, the administration of Prabowo Subianto in Indonesia has…
“We Long for Dry Land”—this brief phrase perhaps captures both the longing and the hardship felt by communities living along the northern coast of Java (Pantura), including Jakarta, Brebes, Pekalongan, Semarang, and Demak, in response to the worsening rise in sea levels. Sea-level rise in this coastal region of Indonesia has…
Jakarta is not only the SCBD area filled with skyscrapers. Nor is it only Blok M, where grand malls stand and serve as a popular hangout for the “Skena” youth. Jakarta also includes…