After more than a decade of operation, a sand mine on the east coast of Indonesia’s Lombok Island has been shuttered amid a graft investigation. The shutdown comes as Indonesia repeals a ban on the ...

For over 20 years, Indonesia has banned the export of sea sand in an effort to preserve marine ecosystems and protect the livelihoods of coastal communities. However, Indonesian Trade Minister ...

Indonesia will resume exporting sand dredged from the sea, commonly used in reclamation projects, ending a 20-year ban. Environmental activists and marine experts have criticized the policy, saying ...

On Indonesia’s Buru Island, eucalyptus farmer Mahani switched professions and became a gold miner to make more money. He is just one of many who joined a gold rush. In 2011, gold was found on the ...

JAKARTA, May 29 (Reuters) - Indonesia has lifted a 20-year-old ban on sea sand exports, a copy of a government regulation showed, a measure that could help land expansion projects in neighbour ...

Environmental activists warn lifting the ban could devastate marine life and endanger small islands already threatened by erosion Outgoing President Joko Widodo's controversial reversal of Indonesia's ...

The Indonesian government could potentially seize mining activities across 190,000 hectares (733.59 square miles) of illegally cleared forest, the deputy forestry minister told a parliamentary hearing ...