Leuser Ecosystem News

Study challenges use of charismatic wildlife as umbrella species for conservation

Life in the awe-and-terror-inspiring vicinity of the Sumatran elephant

Sumatran conservationist Rahmad Saleh Simbolon dies at 47

In a national park plagued by encroachers, Indonesia tries a new approach

Mother tiger and her cubs found dead in Sumatran forest

Deforestation of orangutan habitat feeds global palm oil demand, report shows

Never too late to save Earth: Q&A with Leuser forest guardian Rudi Putra

Deforestation spurred by road project creeps closer to Sumatra wildlife haven

Restoring Sumatra’s Leuser Ecosystem, one small farm at a time

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

Mining project in Leuser Ecosystem no longer has a valid permit

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

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

The military family that kept a pet orangutan in Indonesia

Aceh governor-elect: ‘I myself will cancel’ controversial geothermal project in Sumatran rainforest

Politician’s son named a suspect over illegal land clearing in Leuser Ecosystem

Local NGOs: Ecosystem services, not orangutans, key to saving Leuser

Indonesian court shuts down legal challenge to Aceh land-use plan

Palm oil culprits apprehended in the Leuser Ecosystem. Who sent them?

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

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

Fires driving deforestation in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

Indonesian environment ministry shoots down geothermal plan in Mount Leuser National Park

Aceh governor eyes geothermal project in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

NGO sues Aceh official over cement factory permit in Leuser Ecosystem

Palm oil, mining moratorium declared in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

Half of Sumatra’s forests within reach of the average bird trapper

Tripa’s Trials: protecting key orangutan habitat through the courts

DiCaprio endorses petition to save Sumatra’s last great rainforest

DiCaprio won’t be deported over palm oil comments: Indonesian minister

DiCaprio accused of running ‘black campaign’ against Indonesian palm oil

Leonardo DiCaprio poses with elephants in Indonesia’s embattled Leuser rainforest

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