Essays and reflections
Writing on food, environment, local knowledge, livelihoods, and policy, read as one whole.
Selapanan essays are currently written in Indonesian; English translations will follow. Policy briefs are published in English.
Essays
The Asset Was Always There
I went to East Nusa Tenggara to evaluate a programme, and came back having to rethink what evaluation measures. Notes on asset-based development, the ecology of trust, and why five years is rarely enough.
Seekor Burung yang Juga Sebuah Negara
Elang Jawa, satwa endemik yang juga menjadi wajah Garuda, kini terancam punah. Sebuah telaah tentang bagaimana tradisi Jawa, di sejumlah tempat, masih menahan hutan dan keanekaragaman hayati tetap berdiri.
Ketika Merapi Bersabda dan Langit Menjawab
Pada 12 April 2026, letusan Merapi dan pelangi fajar bertemu di sepanjang Sumbu Kosmologi Yogyakarta. Sebuah pembacaan yang memadukan ketelitian sains dengan kedalaman kosmologi Jawa.
Visual Stories
Stories told through photography and film by Geni Lintang contributors.
Policy Briefs
Policy papers from Geni Lintang contributors.
When Currency Pressure Reaches the Forest
Indonesia's 2026 macroeconomic stress is usually read through exchange rates and fiscal space. This brief traces a quieter chain: how currency and fiscal pressure travel into forests, rural livelihoods, food security, and health, and how to keep those costs from falling on the people least able to bear them.
Towards a Health-Informed Approach to ASEAN Transboundary Haze Coordination
As ASEAN inaugurates the ACC THPC for transboundary haze, this brief argues for treating haze as a public-health issue too, and proposes four low-cost ways to integrate health into the regional architecture through a planetary health approach.
The Missing Half of FOLU Net Sink 2030
Indonesia's FOLU Net Sink 2030 is its most ambitious climate programme, and a de facto public health intervention whose health benefits go entirely unmeasured. This brief maps five pathways from forest protection to human health and proposes a monitoring framework built from data the government already holds.