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First-ever conviction for orangutan trafficking in Aceh

Chik Rini 23 Nov 2015

Aceh’s priceless Leuser Ecosystem still shrinking as oil palm spreads

Cory Rogers 17 Nov 2015

After the tsunami, a forest restored along a river in Aceh

Chik Rini 13 Oct 2015
Two Global Forest Watch images showing near-term (left) and long-term (right) change in forest cover inside PT. Tualang Raya's concession.

Palm oil company caught destroying primary forest in endangered ecosystem

Rhett A. Butler 12 Oct 2015

Aceh citizens threaten lawsuit over spatial plan

Mongabay.com 12 Oct 2015

Rogue oil palm company must pay $26m, rules Indonesia’s Supreme Court

Chik Rini, Indra Nugraha 14 Sep 2015

Man selling baby orangutans on Facebook arrested in Sumatra

Junaidi Hanafiah 6 Aug 2015

Indonesian kingpin of illegal wildlife trade gets two years in prison

Mongabay.com 13 Jul 2015

Illegal forest clearing spotted in Aceh’s biggest peat swamp

26 Jun 2015

Wilmar, Musim Mas supplier caught clearing elephant habitat for palm oil in Aceh

Mongabay.com 12 May 2015

Orangutan rescued amid sea of palm oil

Rhett A. Butler 4 May 2015

Leuser Park authorities still trying to move thousands of squatters

Mongabay.com 28 Apr 2015

Two more Sumatran elephants found dead in Aceh

Junaidi Hanafiah 27 Apr 2015

Aceh’s purge of illegal oil palm at 3,000 hectares and counting

Junaidi Hanafiah 6 Apr 2015

Aceh unveils protected area in beleaguered Tripa peat swamp

Mongabay.com 27 Mar 2015

Destruction of elephant, tiger, and orangutan habitat doubles

Rhett A. Butler 25 Mar 2015

10 years following tsunami, Aceh aims to create its own, new, and totally preventable disaster

Erik Meijaard 11 Dec 2014

Palm oil giant suspends supplier over deforestation allegations

Rhett A. Butler 17 Nov 2014

Agam, the adorable baby elephant that captured hearts in Indonesia, is dead

Loren Bell 30 Oct 2014

Rogue palm oil company appeals deforestation case to Indonesia’s supreme court

Loren Bell 14 Oct 2014

High Court denies appeal by palm oil company that cleared protected peat forest

Loren Bell 30 Sep 2014

Activists urge outgoing Indonesian president to protect key forest area before he steps down

Mongabay.com 17 Sep 2014

How Islam could help save Aceh’s forests

Loren Bell 5 Sep 2014

Under pressure over pollution complaints, Aceh calls for closure of gold mines

Loren Bell 22 Aug 2014

Aceh backtracking on mining moratorium, continues to issue permits

Loren Bell 13 Aug 2014

Aceh’s largest peat swamp at risk from palm oil

Loren Bell 11 Aug 2014

Environmentalists lament light sentence in Tripa peatland destruction case

Mongabay.com 10 May 2014

Police apprehend elephant-killers in Sumatra

Satria Eka Hadinaryanto 1 May 2014

Indonesian activist wins Goldman Prize for fighting palm oil, deforestation

Rhett A. Butler 28 Apr 2014

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