Forests
Deadly landslide hits Indonesian dam project in orangutan habitat, again
JAKARTA — Three people are reportedly dead and nine are missing after a landslide hit the site of a planned hydropower plant in the only known habitat of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan in Sumatra. At around midday April 29, heavy rains began pounding the site in the Batang Toru ecosystem in North Sumatra province. […]
Indigenous Dayak man jailed after Indonesian palm oil firm alleges theft
JAKARTA — On March 10, Suande, a member of the Dayak Indigenous community in Indonesian Borneo, said goodbye to his family before leaving his village for the police station in the nearby district of Nunukan. He had been called in for questioning due to a report filed by palm oil company PT Karangjuang Hijau Lestari […]