Born in Indonesia, Hans Nicholas Jong started his journalistic career at Indonesia's leading English daily, The Jakarta Post, in 2012. In 2014, he started writing about environmental issues in Indonesia. Since 2017, he’s been working as a staff writer at conservation website Mongabay.com. His writings have appeared in a number of publications, such as China Dialogue and The Independent. At Mongabay, Hans focuses his reporting on forestry issues, commodities like palm oil and pulp and paper, and Indigenous rights.