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Indonesian president recognizes land rights of nine more indigenous groups

Basten Gokkon 12 Nov 2017

The fate of the Sumatran rhino is in the Indonesian government’s hands

Jeremy Hance 10 Nov 2017

Is anyone going to save the Sumatran rhino?

Jeremy Hance 9 Nov 2017

Where, oh where, are the rhinos of Bukit Barisan Selatan?

Jeremy Hance 8 Nov 2017

Worst-case scenario: There could be only 30 wild Sumatran rhinos left

Jeremy Hance 7 Nov 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

How unhealthy is the haze from Indonesia’s annual peat fires?

Loren Bell 3 Nov 2017

A new species of orangutan from Indonesia (analysis)

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

A roar for nature in Indonesia: Q&A with the poet behind ‘Indigenous Species’

Basten Gokkon 30 Oct 2017

Sumatran region heats up as forests disappear

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Oct 2017

RAPP to retire some plantation land in Sumatra amid government pressure

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Oct 2017

Indonesia for Sale: in-depth series on corruption, palm oil and rainforests launches

The Gecko Project and Mongabay 10 Oct 2017

A rhino called hope

Rahmadi Rahmad 3 Oct 2017

Camera trap records nearly extinct cuckoo in Sumatra

Basten Gokkon 27 Sep 2017

Lawsuits test local governments’ ability to clean up Indonesia’s coal mining sector

Taufik Wijaya 27 Sep 2017

Two Indonesian soldiers found to be smuggling dozens of porcupines

Vinolia 25 Sep 2017

Four new toads discovered in Sumatra

Fransisca N. Tirtaningtyas 21 Sep 2017

First orangutan birth in Aceh reserve ‘gives hope’ for survival of species

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Sep 2017

Oil palm firms advance into Leuser rainforest, defying Aceh governor’s orders

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Sep 2017

Protest against hydropower plant in Sumatra ends with injuries

Ayat S. Karokaro 14 Sep 2017

80% of Bornean orangutans live outside protected areas

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Sep 2017

Rhino horn confiscated, three alleged traffickers arrested in Sumatra

Mongabay.com 28 Aug 2017

These 3 companies owe Indonesia millions of dollars for damaging the environment. Why haven’t they paid?

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Aug 2017

Indonesian coal firms shut down for violations fight back in court, with mixed results

Taufik Wijaya 15 Aug 2017

First real test for Jokowi on haze as annual fires return to Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 8 Aug 2017

Road projects threaten Sumatra’s last great rainforests

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Aug 2017

Five promising stories for Global Tiger Day

Mongabay.com 28 Jul 2017
Critically endangered Sumatran Rhino

Sumatran rhino horn, pangolin parts seized in Aceh wildlife trafficking bust

Junaidi Hanafiah 27 Jul 2017

Working with communities to fight fires in Way Kambas National Park

Della Syahni 26 Jul 2017
Sumatran elephants by Rhett Butler.

As Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem faces multiple threats, local resistance grows

Junaidi Hanafiah 17 Jul 2017

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

Mongabay.com 12 Jul 2017

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