MongabayAfter Cyclone Senyar killed more than 1,100 people across Sumatra, Indonesia’s government is now linking disaster impacts to development and corporate activity, launching audits of 100+ companies and reviews of zoning plans.
Civil society welcomes the shift, but warns real reform depends on revising permissive zoning that enables large-scale forest conversion.
by Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2026/01/indonesia-launches-sweeping-environmental-audits-after-sumatra-flood-disaster/
Indonesia launches sweeping environmental audits after Sumatra flood disaster
JAKARTA — The Indonesian government has announced what it describes as a sweeping, science-based effort to reassess environmental governance, zoning and corporate accountability in the wake of floods and landslides that killed more than 1,100 people across the island of Sumatra. The disasters were triggered by extreme rainfall linked to Tropical Cyclone Senyar, but government […]
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