Timun: Forests need to be cut down for agriculture. Here's a permit for the utilisation of protect forests. But why do forest and land fires keep happening? We regret the long dry season. We're concerned that there are still lots of smokers in forests.

Jakarta – Environmental organisation Greenpeace says that corporations in the palm oil sector have begun to venture into forests in Papua in concert with diminishing land availability in Kalimantan and Sumatra.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) is accusing Coordinating Minister for the Economy (Menko) Darmin Nasution of breaking the law by using his authority to restrict public access to data on land use rights (HGU).