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Multiple pressures are acting simultaneously in threatening Tapanuli orangutan — from extractive industries to logging to agricultural expansion and, increasingly, climate-related disasters.
Extreme rain wasn’t the only cause of Sumatra’s deadly floods. Years of forest loss, eroded soils, and weakened watersheds turned a storm into a tragedy — one that could repeat.
The sheer number of Chinese-funded dams pose a substantial risk to biodiversity. And yet, environmental regulation of these projects has serious flaws.
Slave trading was widely carried out during the Dutch colonial period in Indonesia. Widespread racism and slavery occurred in plantations managed by colonial companies.
Villagers of Sumatra and Kalimantan relunctant to participate in peatland restoration, contributing to the recent forest fires in Indonesia.
We have developed an online tool to help authorities identify which areas they should focus on for reducing forest fires and haze in order to maximize overall health benefits.
A forest professor tells his experience on the hardships of putting out peat fires in Indonesia
The world mourns the loss of Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino. Can anything stop the slide of the species towards extinction?
Calls to ban palm oil could get a very different response among people who live in the same forests as orangutans.
This study gives science-based recommendations where exactly the investment for conservation should go.
A US$1.6 billion dollar dam in Sumatra threatens the recently discovered and desperately imperilled Tapanuli Orangutan.
A balanced research program should focus on good and rational peat management efforts that minimise environmental impacts, and on water regulation that reduces the risk of fire.
Indonesian peatlands are important to many people: farmers, bureaucrats, businesspeople, and conservationists. But preserving this value for everyone will mean listening to everyone’s concerns.
The evidence of a much earlier presence of humans in Indonesia was found more than 100 years ago. But only now has the age of the fossil teeth been accurately dated.
The Leuser ecosystem in northern Sumatra is home to some of the world’s rarest and best-loved animals. Thanks to a new government moratorium on land clearing, conservationists have enjoyed a big win.
The world’s rainforests are still being slashed and burned at a dizzying rate to make consumer products. But now there are signs of real political will, especially in Asia, to rein in the destruction.
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Professor in Soil-Landscape Modelling, University of Sydney
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Distinguished Research Professor and Australian Laureate, James Cook University
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Professor of Soil Science, Universitas Andalas
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Reader in Anthropology, Brunel University of London
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Senior Lecturer, Environmental Soil Science, RMIT University
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Honorary Associate Professor, The Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Dosen Ilmu Tanah dan Sumber Daya Lahan, Universitas Andalas
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Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Lecturer, Humanities and Social Sciences, La Trobe University
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Soil Scientist, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
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Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, Columbia University
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Professor of Forest Protection, IPB University
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Researcher, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)