Palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil on Earth, found in things like soaps, shampoo, ice cream and instant noodles. To satiate demand, rampant clearing of primary forests for oil palm ...
A new study from Indonesia’s Leuser forests challenges the traditional use of charismatic “umbrella species” like tigers and rhinos to represent ecosystem biodiversity. Researchers found that focusing ...
In Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, orangutans swing through the treetops, rhinos roam free, and elephants share the land with tigers. It is the last place on Earth where they still coexist in the ...
DURHAM, N.C., Oct. 14, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Saving Nature, in partnership with Indonesia's Forum Konservasi Leuser (FKL), announces the expansion of its river corridor project in Sumatra's Leuser ...
This film is part of the Splash and Burn activist art campaign within a new forest restoration site on the borders of the Leuser Ecosystem and reveals a Rewind symbol carved into a palm oil plantation ...
Tigress with two of her cubs in the Leuser ecosystem. Credit: Figel et al. 2025, BKSDA-Aceh, DLHK. Please write to press@frontiersin.org for higher resolution video.