Environment Tragedy in the Canopy: The Fight to Save Borneo’s Orangutans Amid an Unprecedented Wave of Forest Fires October 21, 2026 Jia Lissa PALANGKA RAYA / KETAPANG — High above the scorched earth, clinging desperately to the branches of a sengon tree, a five-year-old female Bornean orangutan fought for her life. Surrounded by…
Environment Guardians of the Canopy: Why the Dayak Bahau Umaq Suling Rejected the World Bank’s Carbon Millions October 15, 2026 Ammar Sabilarrohman By Collaborative Investigative Reporting (Mongabay Indonesia, Kaltim Post, Intuisi.co, and Prolog.co.id) Introduction: Morning Mist over Long Isun Morning mist still clung to the canopy, brushing against the emerald foliage that…
Environment Secrets of the Canopy: How Young Orangutans Master Survival and Social Skills in the Wild October 9, 2026 Muslim By Environmental Science Desk In the dense, humid rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo, an infant Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) clings tightly to a high branch, its wide, inquisitive eyes fixed…
Environment Bridging the Canopy: The Race to Save Fragmented Orangutan Habitats in Sumatra and Borneo September 20, 2026 Iffa Jayyana JAKARTA, INDONESIA — Deep within the emerald folds of Sumatra’s rainforests, a silent crisis is unfolding in the upper reaches of the trees. As highways carve through pristine ecosystems and…
Environment Shadows in the Canopy: How Javan Farmers and Camera Traps Reunited Pekalongan with Its Apex Predator September 17, 2026 Iffa Jayyana By Environmental Reporting Desk Published: September 2026 Main Facts Deep within the dense, mist-shrouded rainforests of Mendolo Village, located in the Lebakbarang sub-district of Pekalongan Regency, Central Java, a long-standing…
Environment Guardians of the Canopy in Crisis: Indonesia’s Shrinking Rainforests, Systemic Governance Failures, and the Unseen Toll on Women September 17, 2026 rifanmuazin By Environmental Desk Published: September 2026 Introduction: A Vanishing Green Legacy Indonesia’s natural forests are facing an unprecedented existential crisis. Once spanning vast, uninterrupted swaths of the archipelago, the country’s…
Environment Bridging the Gap: The Race to Save Critically Endangered Orangutans Through Canopy Corridors and Habitat Restoration September 12, 2026 Asep Darmawan By Environmental Reporting Desk In the dense, mist-laden rainforests of Sumatra and Kalimantan, an invisible crisis is unfolding. As roads slice through ancient ecosystems and industrial expansion eats away at…
Environment Voices from the Canopy: Indigenous Papuan Women Fight to Save Their Ancestral Forests at PAPEDA Summit 2026 September 11, 2026 Iffa Jayyana SORONG, Southwest Papua — For the indigenous women of Papua, the forest is far more than a mere collection of towering trees, a carbon sink, or a ledger of commercial…
Environment Conflict in the Canopy: Farmers and Military Clash Over Land Rights in Jember’s Social Forestry Zone July 20, 2026 Nana Muazin JEMBER, EAST JAVA – A profound sense of unease has gripped the farming community of the Jati Jaya Forest Farmers Group (Gapoktanhut) in Silo, Jember. For hundreds of families, the…
