What Mongabay-Indonesia does

Mongabay-Indonesia is the Bahasa Indonesia-language edition of Mongabay.org, a U.S.-based nonprofit conservation and environmental science news platform (EIN 45-3714703). Operating from Bogor, Indonesia via mongabay.co.id, it serves general Indonesian readers interested in environmental and conservation journalism, covering topics including biodiversity loss, deforestation, climate change, socio-environmental injustice, mining, indigenous communities, marine ecosystems, and wildlife across Sumatra, Java, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku, and Papua. The organization publishes a multi-format content portfolio spanning in-depth articles, feature stories, video documentaries, podcasts, themed special editions (Spesial), brief news items (Berita Singkat), and a topic-segmented email newsletter (Buletin), with an archive exceeding 22,834 stories. Distribution extends across an Android mobile app, Apple News integration, and a wide social media presence. Mongabay-Indonesia runs the Y. Eva Tan Fellows journalist fellowship program to expand editorial capacity, and operates Mongabay Kids as a children's environmental education sub-brand.

The underlying technology is a conventional web-based publishing platform with multilingual site infrastructure supporting Bahasa Indonesia and other Mongabay network editions (English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Hindi, Bengali, Swahili). No proprietary AI/ML features, APIs, or SDKs are disclosed. As part of the Mongabay.org global network, it shares editorial standards, brand identity, technology infrastructure, and fundraising infrastructure with the parent nonprofit, while remaining focused on Indonesian and Southeast Asian environmental coverage. Audience acquisition is community-led, driven primarily by organic search, social media engagement, and word-of-mouth from the conservation and environmental science community.

The business model is that of a nonprofit news organization. Mongabay-Indonesia does not sell products or subscriptions; revenue is generated through charitable donations and grants directed to mongabay.org/donate, with a 'Donasi' call-to-action prominently placed across the site. The newsletter subscription ('Berlangganan') and RSS feed are free of charge and serve engagement rather than monetization purposes. No commercial pricing, advertising revenue, or enterprise contracts are disclosed. As an Indonesian-language edition rather than a separately incorporated entity, revenue attribution is aggregated at the parent Mongabay.org level, and no financials are publicly disclosed.

Name

Mongabay-Indonesia

Legal name

Mongabay

Website

https://mongabay.co.id

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Mongabay-Indonesia is the Bahasa Indonesia-language edition of Mongabay.org, providing independent nonprofit environmental and conservation journalism via mongabay.co.id to Indonesian readers, covering biodiversity loss, deforestation, climate change, and socio-environmental issues across the Indonesian archipelago.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Environmental Journalism

NAICS

Newspaper Publishers (513110), Newspaper, Periodical, Book, and Directory Publishers (5131), Media Streaming Distribution Services, Social Networks, and Other Media Networks and Content Providers (516210)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Forestry & Reforestation (BPAGAGAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Nature & Biodiversity Reporting (TNFD, natural capital) (EUAHAJAM), Environmental Monitoring, Data & Reporting (Air/Water/Soil) (BPAIAMAC)

Keywords

• Environmental journalism
• Conservation news
• Indonesian-language reporting
• Wildlife media
• Nonprofit newsroom

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogor

HQ country

Indonesia

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Donations and Grants: As a U.S.-based nonprofit conservation and environmental science news platform (EIN 45-3714703), Mongabay relies primarily on charitable donations and grants to fund independent journalism operations. The site prominently features a donation call-to-action ('Donasi') across its pages, directing readers to mongabay.org/donate.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Mongabay-Indonesia is an Indonesian-language nonprofit environmental journalism platform that publishes news, in-depth features, analysis, and multimedia reporting on wildlife, forests, oceans, energy, and conservation policy in Indonesia. It operates as the local-language edition of the global Mongabay news organization, producing original reporting targeted at Indonesian readers and the broader conservation community.

Product overview

Mongabay-Indonesia is an Indonesian-language environmental news platform operated by Mongabay.org, offering a multi-format content portfolio across its website. The core offerings include article content (Artikel), video features, podcasts, special themed editions (Spesial), and short news articles (Berita Singkat). The platform supplements its content with a newsletter subscription service (Buletin) and operates a dedicated children's branch (Mongabay Kids). Mobile access is available through an Android application and Apple News integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Mongabay-Indonesia News and Features

Quantifiable outcome

• 22,834+ conservation stories published across multiple formats (articles, videos, podcasts, specials)
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Y. Eva Tan Fellows (Journalist Fellowship Program)coreOthers · 1 January 2025Mongabay-Indonesia runs the Y. Eva Tan Fellows program, a fellowship that supports journalists producing in-depth environmental stories. Fellows such as Indah Suci Safitri have published featured stories on the platform, covering topics such as food sovereignty, conservation, and community resilience. The fellowship program strengthens Mongabay's editorial capacity and extends coverage to underrepresented environmental issues in Indonesia.
• Mongabay.org (Parent Organization)coreOthersMongabay.co.id is the Bahasa Indonesia edition of Mongabay.org, a U.S.-based nonprofit conservation and environmental science news platform (EIN 45-3714703). The parent organization provides editorial standards, brand identity, technology infrastructure, and fundraising support across all language editions.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Broad incumbents

• National Geographic: Iconic multi-platform publisher covering nature, wildlife, and environmental stories including Indonesia's biodiversity hotspots. Comparable in audience and editorial mission around nature/conservation, but vastly larger and operating as a commercial media brand rather than a nonprofit news outlet.
• The Guardian Environment: A major global newsroom with a dedicated, well-resourced environment desk covering deforestation, biodiversity, and climate worldwide, including Indonesia. Comparable as a producer of independent environmental journalism for mass global audiences, though it is a generalist outlet rather than an environmental specialist.

Direct peers

• Climate Central: A US-based nonprofit climate science and journalism organization producing visual, data-driven climate reporting worldwide. Comparable as a donor-funded environmental communication nonprofit with multimedia outputs and global reach, though more focused on climate science visualization than regional conservation reporting.
• Grist: US-based nonprofit environmental media outlet covering climate, justice, and sustainability with a digital-first, multi-format approach. Comparable as a nonprofit news publisher focused exclusively on environmental topics, relying on donations and grants for revenue.
• Mongabay (Global / news.mongabay.com): The flagship English-language edition of the same Mongabay network and the direct parent editorial brand. Mongabay-Indonesia shares editorial standards, fellowships, fundraising, and content syndication with this edition, making it the most directly comparable counterpart.
• Inside Climate News: A Pulitzer-winning US nonprofit newsroom dedicated to climate and energy journalism. Comparable as an independent nonprofit news outlet specializing in environmental/climate reporting with a donation-driven revenue model and multi-platform distribution.
• Earth Journalism Network (EJN / Internews): An Internews initiative that supports environmental journalism worldwide, including capacity-building and reporting grants across the Global South. Comparable as a network supporting localized environmental reporting, and a peer in the global environmental journalism ecosystem that may partner or compete for grant funding.
• Yale Environment 360: Yale University's online magazine publishing long-form environmental journalism and analysis. Directly comparable as an English-language environmental publication producing in-depth, editorially independent reporting on global conservation issues, though it is English-only and based at an academic institution.

Regional players

• Forest Watch Indonesia (FWI): An Indonesian nonprofit focused on monitoring and reporting on forest and peatland conditions, publishing data-driven analysis on deforestation. Comparable as an Indonesian environmental NGO that produces public reporting on forests, though it is more monitoring/research-focused while Mongabay-Indonesia is primarily journalism-focused.
• Tempo.co (Environment desk): One of Indonesia's leading investigative news outlets with active coverage of environmental, forestry, and human rights issues in Bahasa Indonesia. Directly comparable as an Indonesian-language news outlet covering similar topics, but operates as a broader generalist newsroom rather than an environmental specialist.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/MongabayID
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@IndonesiaMongabay
• Facebookfacebook.com/MongabayIndonesia
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mongabay-indonesia
• Instagraminstagram.com/mongabayindonesia
• TikToktiktok.com/@mongabayindonesia?lang=en

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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