The task force's spokesperson said the task force initially investigated 9 companies in Aceh, 8 in North Sumatra, and 14 in ...

The Indonesian government has announced what it describes as a sweeping, science-based effort to reassess environmental ...

Best known as the home of the world’s rarest great ape, the mountainous Batang Toru forest landscape on the island of Sumatra ...

A December 2025 study reveals flash floods in North Sumatra likely killed up to 10.5% of the Tapanuli orangutan population.

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The socio-economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic is heavy and multi-sectoral, marked by an increase in inequality, with the brunt of the pandemic ...

JAKARTA (Bernama): At least seven hectares of land were scorched by forest and land fires across Indonesia’s Sumatra Island over the weekend, with blazes reported in West Sumatra and Aceh provinces, ...

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The Harapan forest on the Indonesian island of Sumatra is teeming with frog species, one of which was just described last year. These amphibians are threatened by a coal-trucking road that the ...

Most violent incidents between people and tigers in Sumatra’s Riau Province in the past 12 years have occurred near forests being cleared by paper giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) and associated ...