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Mother and baby orangutans.

Orangutan ‘beatboxing’ offers clues about human language, study says

Liz Kimbrough 29 Jun 2023

Indonesia to expand ‘smart fisheries’ program aimed at empowering communities

Basten Gokkon 22 Jun 2023
A worker in an oil palm plantation.

Alleged torturers roam free as Indonesia struggles to bring charges in palm oil slavery case

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2023
A worker fertilizing on oil palm plantation in Papua, Indonesia.

Sumatran farmers worry as government halts palm oil fertilizer subsidies

Agus Susanto 15 Jun 2023

Award-winning community group in Sumatra cleans up lake

Jaka Hendra Baittri 6 Jun 2023
Batin Irasan, the village’s ketua adat, or spiritual leader.

Sumatra Indigenous community displaced by Samsung palm oil unit await justice

Suryadi 6 Jun 2023
A long-tailed macaque.

Sumatra’s young primate whisperer brings bullhorn to macaque conservation

Barita News Lumbanbatu 5 Jun 2023
Sumatran rhinos

‘I’m not distressed, I’m just pissed off’: Q&A with Sumatran rhino expert John Payne

Jeremy Hance 11 May 2023

Trapping holds back speed of bird recovery in a Sumatran forest, study shows

Basten Gokkon 11 May 2023
Potato farmers at the foot of Mount Kerinci.

In Sumatra, potato appetite bites into a UNESCO-listed tiger haven

Teguh Suprayitno 8 May 2023

High-carbon peat among 1,500 hectares cleared for Indonesia’s food estate

Hans Nicholas Jong 26 Apr 2023

World’s newest great ape faces habitat loss, multiple threats: Will it survive?

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Apr 2023

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

Hans Nicholas Jong 23 Mar 2023

How we built a database of conflicts driven by Indonesia’s palm oil smallholder scheme

Tom Walker 16 Mar 2023

Loss of wetlands threatens South Sumatra’s rich fish-preserving tradition

Fadhil Nugraha, Mahesa Putra 15 Mar 2023

Orangutan death in Sumatra points to human-wildlife conflict, illegal trade

Ayat S. Karokaro, Sri Wahyuni 6 Mar 2023

In Sumatra, increased orangutan sightings point to growing threats to the apes

Hans Nicholas Jong, Tonggo Simangunsong 1 Mar 2023

Indonesian palm oil billionaire gets 15 years for corruption

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Feb 2023
Laurensius Asia, a member of the cooperative in Teluk Bakung.

Six steps to tackle exploitation in Indonesia’s palm oil smallholder scheme (commentary)

Tom Walker 23 Feb 2023
Local women participating in the economic value conservation activities.

Failed mangrove tourism project in Sumatra highlights need for community collaboration

Barita News Lumbanbatu 16 Feb 2023
A fisherman looks for crabs.

On Sumatra coast, mangrove clearing sparks scrutiny of loophole

Teguh Suprayitno 30 Jan 2023
Sanjiv is a male Sumatran tiger who has arrived at a captive breeding center in Tacoma, Washington. Photo by Katie Cotterill for Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. Sanjiv.

Sumatran tiger arrives at Tacoma captive-breeding program

Jeremy Hance 6 Jan 2023
Fire fighters putting out forest fire in Riau, Indonesia.

As dry season looms, Sumatra villagers hope their peat restoration pays off

Hans Nicholas Jong 27 Dec 2022

Indonesia’s orangutans declining amid ‘lax’ and ‘laissez-faire’ law enforcement

Basten Gokkon 25 Nov 2022

Tunnel collapse at dam project in orangutan habitat claims yet another life

Hans Nicholas Jong 21 Nov 2022

Tensions boil in Sumatra over a palm oil promise villagers say has yet to be kept

Jaka Hendra Baittri 9 Nov 2022
Coral reef in Indonesia.

Shallow-water mining isn’t the eco alternative to deep-sea mining, study says

Cassie Freund 17 Oct 2022

Indonesian program pays fishers to collect plastic trash at sea

Basten Gokkon 6 Oct 2022

As Indonesia paints rosy picture for orangutans, scientists ask: Where’s the data?

Philip Jacobson 3 Oct 2022

Labor groups seek to build on Indonesian palm oil court win in new cases

Grace Dungey 3 Oct 2022
Sumatran rhinos

New estimate of less than 50 Sumatran rhinos shows perilous population drop

Jeremy Hance 29 Sep 2022
A crew of cantrang fishermen unload their cargo.

Java fishers struggle with seine net ban amid rising costs, falling profits

Asad Asnawi 26 Sep 2022

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