Despite support for action among local communities to protect biodiverse marine reserves like the Derawan archipelago from poaching, the Indonesian authorities have not allocated sufficient resources to conservation.
As Indonesia forges ahead with plans to become an advanced economy, an honest reckoning needs to occur, to ensure that it does not squander its vast environmental resources for short-term gain.
A handful of fashion brands – H&M, Ralph Lauren, Decathlon and Adidas – are working to stop using coal to power their factories in 2025, while others are prioritising decarbonisation at lower levels of ambition.