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Balai Raja conservation area's Sumatran elephant population dwindles

The population of Sumatran elephants at the Balai Raja Wildlife Conservation area dropped further to only seven after a ...

Zynga launches spellbinding new puzzle adventure game Merge Magic!

- Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA), a global leader in interactive entertainment, today announced the worldwide launch of ...

Wildfires in Riau force wild elephants to flee habitats

Few wild elephants fled their habitats, entering residential areas after wildfires spread through the Tesso Nilo ...

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Relocating Indonesia's capital to Kalimantan, 'the world's lungs'

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) on August 16, 2019, officially announced his plan to move Indonesia’s capital city ...

Tesso Nilo's elephants show signs of stress due to forest fire

Mahouts of the elephant Flying Squad at the Tesso Nilo National Park had to evacuate the trained elephants to a safer ...

Individuals who annexed Riau national park land identified

The Environment and Forestry Ministry has identified individuals who allegedly annexed thousands of hectares of land ...

East Aceh district head orders probe into killing of elephants

East Aceh District Head, H Hasballah HM Thaib, has ordered a probe into the killing of several elephants in the ...

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Habitat loss triggers Sumatran elephant-human conflict

Sumatran forests are home to some of the world’s rarest plant species and among remaining landscapes where ...

11 wild elephants roam around villages in Riau

Eleven Sumatran elephants (elephas maximus sumatranus) have roamed around the land of farmers and houses in Karya Indah ...

Houses in Aceh destroyed after 12 elephants go on rampage

A herd of 12 elephants recently ran amok in the villages of Blang Lango and Tuwi Meuleusong in Seunagan Timur ...

Trained elephants ill after 10 days of expelling wild elephants

Two trained elephants fell ill from fatigue after a 10-day operation to drive out wild elephants in Riau Province and ...

BKSDA rescues trapped, injured female elephant calf in East Aceh

A team rescued a trapped elephant calf that contracted infection from injuries in a forest area in Batu Sumbang ...

Six crossing paths for elephants built along Pekanbaru-Dumai toll road

Six special crossing paths for elephants are to be built along the Pekanbaru-Dumai toll road project, in a bid to ...

Police thwart sale of endangered slow lorises "kukang"

The South Sumatra Provincial Police were successful in thwarting the sale of eight endangered slow lorises, locally ...

Rafflesia flower spotted in glorious bloom in Seblat Eco-Tourism Park

Several rangers and elephant tamers of the Elephant Training Center in Seblat Eco-tourism Park in North Bengkulu ...