Indonesia's rich biodiversity hosts fascinating and unique animals like Komodo Dragons, Sumatran Orangutans, Pygmy Tarsiers, ...

The Nomination files produced by the States Parties are published by the World Heritage Centre at its website and/or in working documents in order to ensure transparency, access to information and to ...

Rescuers use heavy machine to clear mud from a road following a landslide that hit several vehicles and killed multiple people in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2024.

When Grandmaster Glitch invents the world's most pungent perfume, he finds he needs one more ingredient: the super stinky aroma of the titan arum, a huge flower that blooms once every few years in the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Found in the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia, the rare and endangered plant blooms for only 24 hours. When the fated bloom ...

Found in the rainforests of Sumatra, Indonesia, the rare and endangered plant blooms for only 24 hours. When the fated bloom happens, the flower produces an overtly strong and pungent scent – most ...