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THE TRIBE FORCED TO PICK A NEW RELIGION
The Sumatran rainforests of Indonesia are home to the Orang Rimba... READ MORE›
ENDANGERED SPECIES: NEW FRIZZY-HAIRED ORANGUTANS DISCOVERED IN INDONESIA
Species on the brink There are only believed to be around 800 Tapanuli orangutans left... READ MORE›
MH370: MALAYSIA AIRLINES FLIGHT'S DISAPPEARANCE STILL A MYSTERY, REPORT SAYS
This is despite last year's narrowing down of its most likely resting place to a 25,000-square kilometer 9,650-square mile patch of the southern Indian Ocean... READ MORE›
OVER 130,000 FLEE MENACING VOLCANO ON BALI TOURIST ISLAND
Volcanologists say another eruption is more likely than not, but can't say when it will happen... READ MORE›
DEADLIEST EARTHQUAKES OF THE PAST DECADE
A magnitude-7.1 earthquake struck Mexico City, killing scores of people... READ MORE›
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PEPSICO UNILEVER AND NESTL ACCUSED OF COMPLICITY IN ILLEGAL RAINFOREST DESTRUCTION
While we do not source directly from the mills in question, we identified direct suppliers who had the mills in their supply chains... READ MORE›
10 SAILORS MISSING AFTER U.S. DESTROYER COLLIDES WITH OIL TANKER OFF SINGAPORE
The guided-missile destroyer, the John S. McCain, was passing through the Strait of Malacca on its way to a port visit in Singapore at 5 24 a.m... READ MORE›
INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE KILLS MORE THAN 100 IN ACEH PROVINCE
The earthquake, which shook Sumatra's northernmost province, Aceh, had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5, according to the United States Geological Survey... READ MORE›
INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE KILLS DOZENS IN ACEH PROVINCE
Seismologists said the earthquake was felt across much of Aceh province, which was devastated by the 2004 tsunami... READ MORE›
WELCOME TO SUMATRA, INDONESIA, AN ENVIRONMENTAL GENOCIDE IN THE MAKING
Forest fires from concessions and plantations have already made Indonesia the world's third biggest contributor of greenhouse gases, Mr. Hapsoro Greenpeace Southeast Asia Forest campaigner said... READ MORE›
MAJOR 7.8 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES OFF INDONESIA
Powerful earthquake strikes off coast of Sumatra island, triggering a tsunami warning which was later lifted... READ MORE›
CHINESE-INDONESIAN GOVERNORS STRUGGLES WORRY SOME IN HIS ETHNIC GROUP
The family instead spent New Year's glued to the television, watching Basuki Purnama, Jakarta's ethnically Chinese governor, debating his opponents ahead of the election on Wednesday... READ MORE›
CONSERVATIONISTS PLAN EXPEDITION TO SECRET 'NOAH'S ARK' IN SUMATRA
And in fact its new moniker - Hadabaun Hills - is the sole creation of Indonesian conservationist Haray Sam Munthe... READ MORE›
SKYWATCH YOUR GUIDE TO SPACE
IReporter Robert Ondrovic captured an image of the penumbral lunar eclipse in 2013 from Somers, New York, and shared some tips about how to photograph the event... READ MORE›
LAST SUMATRAN RHINO IN THE US TO BE SENT TO INDONESIA TO MATE
With three Sumatran rhinos in Malaysia and Harapan, there are only nine in captivity globally... READ MORE›
'WORSE THAN ONE THOUSAND PUKES': FETID CORPSE FLOWER OVERWHELMS NEW YORK
In the coming days, corpse flowers in Washington DC, Indianapolis and Sarasota, Florida, are expected to bloom... READ MORE›
'TOMB RAIDER' STAR SIMON YAM TALKS ABOUT WHY HE SAID NO TO HOLLYWOOD
The Aceh provincial government said in a statement 93 people had died and more than 500 were injured, many seriously... READ MORE›
SUMATRAN RHINO SIGHTED IN INDONESIAN BORNEO FOR FIRST TIME IN 40 YEARS
Conservationists have made the first physical contact in over four decades with a Sumatran rhino in Indonesian Borneo... READ MORE›
ASIA MARKS 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF TSUNAMI
A group of people wait their turn to enter the Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh, Indonesia... READ MORE›
PIGS' TEETH AND HIPPO POO: BEHIND THE SCENES AT LONDON ZOO
London zoo was established in 1828 and is the world's oldest scientific zoo... READ MORE›
NAUSEATING SMELL OF 'CORPSE FLOWER' DRAWS 10,000 TO SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BOTANIC GARDEN
Huge crowds flock to Mount Lofty botanic gardens, outside Adelaide, to experience powerful odour produced by rare flowering of the Titan arum... READ MORE›
DENTIST WINS 'GREEN OSCAR' FOR USING HEALTHCARE INCENTIVES TO HALT LOGGING
Teams of local forest guardians are trained to monitor illegal logging and teach others about the importance of healthy forest ecosystems and conservation... READ MORE›
INDONESIAN PRESIDENT VOWS TO REBUILD QUAKE-RAVAGED ACEH
Joko Widodo flew to Aceh province on Friday and met with victims in hospitals before visiting a local Mosque damaged in the quake... READ MORE›
INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE: MAJOR QUAKE STRIKES NEAR WEST SUMATRA, INDONESIA
The National Disaster Mitigation Agency tweeted a tsunami early warning in West Sumatra, North Sumatra, Aceh, Bengkulu and Lampung... READ MORE›
INDONESIA RULES OUT EVACUATIONS IN FOREST FIRE AREAS
Greenpeace Indonesia called on the Indonesian government to evacuate residents from severely haze-affected areas, saying children had already died in Riau and Jambi in Sumatra... READ MORE›
FAMOUS FAECES: THE STORY BEHIND THE CIVET-POO COFFEE CRAZE
However many kopi luwak producers are now savvy to the controversy around caged civets... READ MORE›
BINDI IRWIN HONORS HER FATHER, STEVE, WITH 'DWTS' HELP
Post to Facebook Bindi Irwin honors her father, Steve, with 'DWTS' help 'Dancing' champ, her mother and brother raise money to to support wildlife work... READ MORE›
A DECADE AFTER THE TSUNAMI, THE PROVINCE IS SLOWLY REBUILDING ITSELF
Banda Aceh ten years on A decade after the tsunami, the province is slowly rebuilding itself... READ MORE›
EU SUPPORTS DEVELOPMENT OF LAKE TOBA TOURISM
A sustainable tourism development project piloted in Flores, for example, will hopefully be replicated across North Sumatra... READ MORE›
INDONESIA'S NEW CHILD RAPE PUNISHMENTS A PYRRHIC VICTORY FOR WOMEN'S ADVOCATES
ANALYSIS Jakarta Indonesia's harsh new punishments for child sex offenders - including the death penalty and chemical castration... READ MORE›
18 HOT SPOTS DETECTED IN SUMATRA
Pekanbaru Meteorology and Geophysics Agency BMKG head Sugarin said Terra and Aqua satellites detected hot spots in West Sumatra 1 spot, Riau 7, North Sumatra 1 provinces... READ MORE›
ALBINO ORANGUTAN NAMED 'ALBA' AFTER WORLDWIDE APPEAL
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation said the name means white in Latin and dawn in Spanish... READ MORE›
RUSSIAN PARLIAMENT BACKS PLAN TO TEAR DOWN SOVIET-ERA HOUSING IN MOSCOW
The Russian parliament has adopted a much-disputed bill that would allow Moscow's City Hall to pull down Soviet-era apartment buildings and relocate 1.6 million people... READ MORE›
EU PROBES NIKE, UNIVERSAL STUDIOS AND SANRIO OVER PRODUCT DISTRIBUTION
Sports giant Nike, film-maker Universal and Sanrio, owner of Hello Kitty, license rights to some major world brands... READ MORE›