Indonesia’s deforestation is once again rising after several years of decline, with 2024 marking the highest rate since 2021.

comparing tropical rainforest with rubber and oil palm plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia. The researchers set out to study both biodiversity—plants, insects, vertebrates—and changes in how ...

A rare bloom with a pungent odor like decaying flesh has opened in the Australian capital in the nation’s third such ...

Since 1950, more than 74 million hectares (285,715 square miles) of Indonesian rainforest — an area ... After the deadly floods in Sumatra in early March, West Sumatra Gov.

An endangered plant known as the "corpse flower" for its putrid stink is blooming in Australia - and captivating the internet ...

The designated area for rainforest restoration stretches along the border between the Jambi and South Sumatra provinces in Indonesia. Three years ago the story began, when the initiative was taken up ...

Fishing is important in the Indonesian archipelago, which is made up of more than 17,000 islands, the second-largest of which is Sumatra. Rugged West Sumatra, where rainforest clings to the ...

Fires that destroyed Indonesian rainforests pumped out more carbon ... with the worst-affected areas on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. The destruction was greater than usual due to a prolonged ...

JAKARTA (Xinhua/Bernama): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted Southwest of Sumatra, Indonesia at 04:31 GMT on Friday, the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences said. The epicenter ...