Researchers document a rare night bloom of Rafflesia hasseltii deep inside a tiger-patrolled Sumatran rainforest.

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 ...

The Pangkalan Kapas forest on the eastern coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island is important both to local communities and to the endangered wildlife of a nearby nature reserve. But it faces what ...

One of the last places on Earth where Sumatran elephants, tigers and orangutans coexist in the wild has received long-term protection. The Indonesian Ministry of Forestry approved a conservation ...

Indonesian authorities were accelerating efforts to tackle forest and land fires, particularly in Riau province and other regions across Sumatra Island in the country's western territories. According ...

Katherine Martinko is an expert in sustainable living. She holds a degree in English Literature and History from the University of Toronto. Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small ...

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 ...

A 54-year-old woman working on a rubber plantation was reportedly swallowed whole on Sunday by a 22-foot python. The Washington Post reported that when she did not return home after work her family ...

This image shows a well-preserved, natural peat swamp forest in Sumatra, Indonesia. In the SaLtedPeat Project ("Potential impact of sea level rise related salinization on lowland tropical coastal ...

Barcelona, Spain – The Indonesian government and WWF today announced a bold commitment to protect the remaining forests and critical ecosystems of Sumatra, an Indonesian island that holds some of the ...

Deep from within the Indonesian jungle a solitary, seldom seen forest giant emerges from the undergrowth. It is a Sumatran rhino, one of the rarest large mammals on Earth. There are no more than 100 ...

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