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Indonesian mother imprisoned for protesting palm oil factory next to school

Canopy bridges serve a lifeline for Sumatra’s tree-dwelling primates

Orangutan conservation and communication: Gary Shapiro’s half-century journey from zoos to the wilds of Borneo

Sumatra citizen lawsuit seeks accountability for haze-causing fires

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

‘Stop the stupidity’: Indonesia’s top court orders end to mine in quake zone

More alarms over Indonesia rhino poaching after latest trafficking bust

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

A one-time illegal logger grows back a forest for his people in Sumatra

Indonesia expands IPLC land recognition — but the pace is too slow, critics say

Sumatran province brings hammer down on illegal oil wells after fatal blasts

Sumatran tiger confirmed killed by snare in Indonesia’s West Sumatra province

Sumatra community school hands down ancient knowledge to modern generation

Sumatra pulp & paper giants violate zero-deforestation pledge, activists allege

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

Water is key as study shows restoration of drained tropical peat is possible

Unrest and arrests in Sumatra as community fights to protect mangroves

Analysis: Michelin’s no-deforestation claims in Indonesia rubber plantation a stretch

Floods set to worsen on Sumatra peat as landscape gives way

Mysterious, at risk, understudied flat-headed cat lacks conservation focus

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

Borneo and Sumatra megaprojects are carving up clouded leopard forests

Indigenous community fights to save its lands on Indonesia’s historic tin island

Study challenges use of charismatic wildlife as umbrella species for conservation

Sumatra villages count cost of deadly river tsunami swelled by illegal logging

Rainwater reserves a tenuous lifeline for Sumatran community amid punishing dry season

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

Norway pension fund breaks with U.K. conglomerate Jardines over endangered orangutan habitat

Indonesian gold mine expanding in ‘wrong direction’ into orangutan habitat

Sumatra firefighters on alert as burning heralds start of Riau dry season

Sumatra community faces up to ‘plasma’ disappointment after palm oil policy shift

Bid to mitigate gold mine’s impact on orangutans hit by stonewalling, data secrecy

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