Reducing flood risk in Sumatra requires more than technical fixes or post-disaster responses. It calls for a shift in forestry governance towards prevention and ecological resilience, moving beyond ...

Indonesia has revoked the permits of 28 companies after a post–Cyclone Senyar audit found environmental violations that authorities say worsened deadly floods and landslides in Sumatra in late 2025, ...

A community in Indonesia’s Jambi province has resorted to fish farming to raise money for its efforts to prevent wildfires in the community. In 2015, around 80% of the province’s peat forest was ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia’s Forest Area Regulation Task Force has identified strong indications that 12 companies may have contributed to recent floods in Sumatra, allegedly through the conversion ...

By Aida Greenbury A week ago, the media reported that the Ministry of Forestry estimated the total cost of rehabilitating Indonesia’s forests and critical lands at Rp153.78 trillion, or about US$9.2 ...

Indonesia has identified nearly 4,800 hectares of forestland in three provinces as potential relocation sites for residents ...

In the wake of the deadly floods and landslides that struck Indonesia in late 2025, the nation’s environment ministry has sued six companies, seeking 4.8 trillion rupiah ($284 million) in ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesian president Prabowo Subianto has revoked the forest exploitation permits of 28 companies found to have violated regulations in Aceh, North Sumatra, and West Sumatra, areas ...

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 ...

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 ...

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