A Pathway towards Just Energy Transition in Indonesia

Energy transition has been widely discussed in several global initiatives. In 2016, 191 parties signed the Paris Agreement as a manifestation of…

Ukraine Shows Why the G20 Anti-Corruption Agenda Is More Important than Ever

WASHINGTON DC, Mar 25 2022 (IPS) - The world has quickly transitioned from a global health crisis to a geopolitical one, as the war in Ukraine rages…

Challenges to Build Community Participation in Mining Governance

Author: Agus Irwanto Wibowo & Isnanto Solihin Yugo Pratomo There are three fundamental objectives of developing community participation; first,…

Energy Justice, Has It Been Achieved?

Energy, especially electricity and gas, is vital in economic activity as well as in domestic affairs. Departing from this, the government launched a…

Understanding the Onshore and Offshore Schemes in the Upstream Oil and Gas Industry

Lately, there has been much discussion regarding the Masela Oil and Gas Working Area Block (WK) development scheme, located in the sea off Maluku.…

Where are the Women in Indonesian Extractive Sector?

The journey of turning the Indonesian extractive sector into an accountable and transparent one carries along an agenda to restore the spaces taken…

Natural Gas Optimization and Energy Security

Indonesia has been a net oil importer since 2004. To fulfill national energy needs, the government imports crude oil and subsidizes the fuel to make…

How KPK Conserves Natural Resources

For over two decades, most of Indonesia’s natural resources such as forests, plantations, minerals and fisheries have been over exploited; however…

Open Mining: From Extractive Data Disclosure to Citizen Empowerment

“I lived next to a mining operation for years. But I don’t know exactly the (authorized) location of that mining concession. Mining revenue? The…

Revealing Beneficial Ownership, Dismantling Economic Camouflage

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia - State authorities, government administration, economic actors, and social-political relations increasingly encourage…