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For Indonesian oil palm farmers, EU’s deforestation law is another top-down imposition

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 5 Sep 2024

Indonesia’s Farwiza Farhan among Ramon Magsaysay awardees for protecting Leuser Ecosystem

Lusia Arumingtyas, Sapariah Saturi 2 Sep 2024
The bone of an elephant that died from electric shock in Karang Ampar.

As human-elephant conflicts in Sumatra rise, so does risk from electric fences

Junaidi Hanafiah 29 Jul 2024
Bamboo rafting is an activity along the Kala Meriah River while enjoying the beauty of nature.

In Indonesia’s Aceh, a once-isolated forest hosts local travelers on bamboo rafts

Junaidi Hanafiah 17 Jun 2024

Hold my ointment: Wild orangutan observed healing wound with medicinal plant

Basten Gokkon 14 May 2024

Study challenges use of charismatic wildlife as umbrella species for conservation

Basten Gokkon 20 Apr 2024

Palm oil deforestation persists in Indonesia’s Leuser amid new mills, plantations

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Mar 2024

Indonesia remembers Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, rare policymaker who stood for nature

Junaidi Hanafiah, Richardo Hariandja 22 Dec 2023

Burn now, pay later: Fines trickle in from Indonesia’s crackdown on forest fires

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Nov 2023

For 1st time, Indonesia government recognizes ancestral forests in Aceh — but only some

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Oct 2023

Deforestation for palm oil continues in Indonesia’s ‘orangutan capital’

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Sep 2023

In Indonesia’s Aceh, Indigenous communities seek recognition of their forest rights

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Jul 2023

Migrating orangutan males imitate locals to learn about food: Study

Basten Gokkon 19 Jul 2023

Palm oil deforestation hits record high in Sumatra’s ‘orangutan capital’

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2023

Sumatran conservationist Rahmad Saleh Simbolon dies at 47

Elviza Diana, Lili Rambe 29 Aug 2022
A herd of elephants in Cot Girek.

‘Chased from every side’: Sumatran elephants pinned down by forest loss

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 10 Aug 2022

Saving Sumatran elephants starts with counting them. Indonesia won’t say how many are left

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 8 Aug 2022

Palm oil producer mired in legal troubles still razing Sumatran forest

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Jul 2022

Indonesian official charged, but not jailed, for trading in Sumatran tiger parts

Junaidi Hanafiah 7 Jun 2022
A long-tailed macaque in Gunung Leuser National Park. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Probe finds palm oil firm illegally clearing forest in Sumatra wildlife haven

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Mar 2022

More coffee, less gold: Sumatra farmers alarmed over revival of mine project

Junaidi Hanafiah 24 Feb 2022

Groups welcome decline in deforestation in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Jan 2022

In Sumatra, a snare trap costs a baby elephant her trunk, then her life

Junaidi Hanafiah 17 Nov 2021
Sumatran rhinos in Indonesia. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Work starts on new sanctuary for captive breeding of Sumatran rhinos

Basten Gokkon 12 Nov 2021

As tigers dwindle, Indonesia takes aim at poaching ring

Junaidi Hanafiah 27 Sep 2021

Captive breeding of Sumatran rhinos: Where the program stands today

Mongabay 31 Aug 2021

Mother tiger and her cubs found dead in Sumatran forest

Junaidi Hanafiah 26 Aug 2021
Deforestation in Indonesian Borneo in 2019. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Local leaders in Indonesia make forest and peatland protection pledge

Taufik Wijaya 15 Jul 2021

Development of third Sumatran rhino sanctuary advances to save species

Junaidi Hanafiah 25 Jun 2021

Deforestation of orangutan habitat feeds global palm oil demand, report shows

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Jun 2021

Never too late to save Earth: Q&A with Leuser forest guardian Rudi Putra

Junaidi Hanafiah 17 Jun 2021

Final court ruling orders Indonesian government to publish plantation data

Hans Nicholas Jong 10 Jun 2021

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