Forest Watch Indonesia, an Indonesian nongovernmental organization that monitors forestry issues, warned in a November 2022 report that most of the forested areas in the new capital are ...

As Indonesia builds a new capital on the island of Borneo, conservationists worry about the impact on orangutans, dolphins and other wildlife in the area.

Indonesia is moving its capital from Jakarta to the newly unveiled Borneo. The goal is for the island to be a “sustainable forest city” that aims to be carbon neutral by 2045, but ...

Indonesia is building a brand new capital city in the jungles of Borneo. Critics say it's a waste of money and will continue rampant environmental destruction. But might it perhaps become a model ...

Indonesia is planning to move its capital from Jakarta to the island of Borneo. Workers build a metal structure at the construction site of the new capital city in Indonesia, on March 8, 2023. (AP ...

Indonesia's new capital isn't ready yet. ... (1,000 square miles) carved out of Borneo's jungle. Officials say it will be a futuristic green city with abundant forests and parks, ...

JAKARTA: Indonesia began construction of the new capital in mid-2022 after President Joko Widodo announced that Jakarta — the congested, polluted current capital that is prone to earthquakes and ...

The city is expected to be inaugurated on Aug. 17 next year to coincide with Indonesia’s Independence Day. New capital authorities said that the final stages of the city, however, likely won’t ...

Asia Indonesia’s new capital isn’t ready yet. The president is celebrating Independence Day there anyway Congestion in Jakarta costs the economy around $4.5 billion annually ...

Now the government is in the process of leaving, moving Indonesia’s capital to the island of Borneo. Indonesian officials say the new metropolis will be a “sustainable forest city” that puts ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Jakarta is congested, polluted, prone to earthquakes and rapidly sinking into the Java Sea. Now the government is in the process of leaving, moving Indonesia’s capital to ...