Mining expansions in the Sumatran rainforest of Indonesia threaten the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutans.

By Achmad Rizki MuazamAyat S. KarokaroTaufik Wijaya NORTH SUMATRA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s environment ministry on Dec. 6 suspended private sector activity in a crucial high conservation value ...

Tapanuli orangutans survive only in Indonesia’s Sumatran rainforest where a mine expansion will cut through their home. Yet the mining company says the alternative will be worse ...

Further heavy rain threatened Indonesia's flood-ravaged island of Sumatra on Saturday as the governor of one hard-hit province warned that the death toll could climb beyond 883 because of starvation.

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Ruinous floods and landslides have killed more than 900 people on Indonesia's island of Sumatra, the country's disaster management agency said on Saturday, with fears that starvation could send the ...

There was joy for a team of experts from Indonesia and the U.K. as they found a rare plant in a rainforest in Sumatra. 2025 Fantasy Football Rankings: Justin Boone's top running backs for Week 17 ...

Indonesia’s government has been at pains to stress that the recent catastrophe in Sumatra was triggered by a rare meteorological event. Cyclone Senyar formed in the Malacca Strait, an area where the ...

Ruinous floods and landslides have killed more than 900 people on Indonesia's island of Sumatra, the country's disaster management agency said Saturday, with fears that starvation could send the toll ...

More rain threated Indonesia's flood-ravaged island of Sumatra, where an official said starvation threated to raise the death toll - Copyright AFP AMANDA JUFRIAN More ...

The death toll from floods and landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra island has topped 900 The scale of disaster from floods and landslides caused by heavy rain in Indonesia's Sumatra island is slowly ...