The Nusantara “Point Zero” has become an icon for Indonesia’s new capital city, which lies at the heart of an expiring logging concession in eastern Borneo. Image by Basten Gokkon/Mongabay.

The construction of the new capital began in mid-2022, spread over an area of about 2,600 square kilometers (1,000 square miles) carved out of Borneo's jungle.

I N A REMOTE part of Borneo, the chainsaw’s buzz will grow louder in 2023. This is the site of Nusantara, Indonesia’s new capital city, which is being carved out of the jungle.

Officials say Nusantara will adopt a “forest city” concept, in which more than 75% of the area is green space, and that it will be carbon neutral by the time construction is completed is 2045.

Roads and buildings for Nusantara, which is intended to replace the slowly sinking city of Jakarta, have begun to sprout on the eastern coast of Borneo. Nusantara won't be finished until 2045, but ...

Even reaching Nusantara is something of a challenge, starting with a two-hour flight from Jakarta to the port city of Balikpapan, followed by a drive through the forests of Borneo that takes 40 ...

Borneo is a lush, biodiverse region home to the world's oldest rainforests File shows directions at Titik Nol Nusantara (ground zero Nusantara), the future capital city for Indonesia, in Sepaku ...

The ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC) Indonesia, in collaboration with ASEAN-BAC Brunei Darussalam, hosted the Borneo Business Roundtable (BBR) 2023 at the Sultan Hotel in Jakarta on ...