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Indonesian fish farmers get early-warning system for lake pollution

M Ambari 25 Sep 2018

Another mass fish kill hits Indonesia’s largest lake

Ayat S. Karokaro 24 Aug 2018

Fight to protect the world’s most threatened great ape goes to court

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Aug 2018

Scientists urge Indonesian president to nix dam in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Jul 2018

Abdon Nababan: ‘North Sumatran land mafia offered me $21m to win election — and then hand over control of government’

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 21 Jun 2018

Indonesian activists protest China-funded dam in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 9 May 2018

Indonesia’s dying timber concessions, invaded by oil palms, top deforestation table

Hans Nicholas Jong 3 Apr 2018

Villagers cite self-defense in tiger killing, but missing body parts point to the illegal wildlife trade

Basten Gokkon 6 Mar 2018

Pepsi cuts off Indonesian palm oil supplier over labor, sustainability concerns

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Mar 2018

‘S.O.S.’ carved out of former plantation shines a light on palm oil-driven deforestation

Mongabay.com 1 Mar 2018

Indonesian ex-soldier among three jailed for illegal trade in Sumatran rhino, tiger parts

Ayat S. Karokaro 10 Jan 2018

Labor abuses persist in RSPO-certified palm plantations, report finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Dec 2017

Indonesia races against time to save new orangutan species

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Nov 2017

Indonesian NGOs lawyer up against environmental crimes

Ayat S. Karokaro 6 Nov 2017

A new species of orangutan from Indonesia (analysis)

Anthony B. Rylands, Gabriella Fredriksson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Serge Wich 2 Nov 2017

Camera trap records nearly extinct cuckoo in Sumatra

Basten Gokkon 27 Sep 2017

Protest against hydropower plant in Sumatra ends with injuries

Ayat S. Karokaro 14 Sep 2017

Rhino horn confiscated, three alleged traffickers arrested in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2017

Road projects threaten Sumatra’s last great rainforests

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Aug 2017

Abdon Nababan, former head of Indonesia’s indigenous peoples alliance, to run for North Sumatra governor

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2017

Indonesia is running out of places to put rescued animals

Ayat S. Karokaro, Basten Gokkon, Luh De Suriyani 3 Jul 2017

Mangrove loss threatens migratory shorebird route in North Sumatra

Ayat S. Karokaro 15 Jun 2017

‘Give us back our land’: paper giants struggle to resolve conflicts with communities in Sumatra

Alice Cuddy 9 Jun 2017

North Sumatra mining chief caught taking bribe in Indonesia

Ayat S. Karokaro 17 Apr 2017

New genus created for arboreal toads in Indonesia

Basten Gokkon 13 Apr 2017

The military family that kept a pet orangutan in Indonesia

Philip Jacobson 29 Mar 2017

World’s biggest indigenous peoples alliance to choose new leader today in Indonesia

Mongabay.com 19 Mar 2017

Indonesia’s indigenous peoples will have to keep waiting for a promised task force on their rights

Mongabay.com 18 Mar 2017

Jokowi cancels appearance at rare indigenous peoples congress

Mongabay.com 16 Mar 2017

Industry-backed plantation museum opens in Indonesia

Dyna Rochmyaningsih 9 Mar 2017

Don’t feed the orangutans — a warning unheeded at popular ecotourism stop

Aria Danaparamita 21 Nov 2016

North Sumatra’s governor wants to build a road through Mt. Leuser National Park

Ayat S. Karokaro 31 Oct 2016

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