Tag: Habitat
Calls grow for Jokowi to protect Indonesia’s Tapanuli orangutan
By Evi Mariani and Apriadi Gunawan in Jekarta and Medan
Indonesia's Environment and Forestry Minister Siti Nurbaya paid a visit to President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo...
Papua governor takes birds-of-paradise off the market
By Asrida Elisabeth and adapted by Basten Gokkon
In an attempt to conserve the birds-of-paradise for which the region is famous, Papua Governor Lukas Enembe has banned...
Timber firm accused over Indonesian threat to last orangutan strongholds
By Basten Gokkon in Pontianak, West Kalimantan
A timber plantation company is illegally clearing one of Indonesia’s last coastal peat swamp forests, a carbon reservoir...