Evidence shows that Indigenous, community-based mitigation systems are effective in saving lives during disasters. Therefore, ...

A new snail species discovered in South Sumatra shows how limestone habitats hide unique and vulnerable wildlife.

Pekanbaru, Sumatra: Turning just one Sumatran province's forests and peat swamps into pulpwood and palm oil plantations is generating more annual greenhouse gas emissions than the Netherlands and ...

On September 13 at 1630 GMT watch “Expedition: Sumatra,” a half-hour feature program with CNN Special Correspondent Philippe Cousteau. Follow him on Twitter. Traveling just below the equator, deep in ...

Environmental inspectors in Indonesia say they’re continuing to monitor compliance by mining and other companies on the ...

The death toll from the recent disaster on Indonesia’s Sumatra island climbed to 248 on Saturday, according to updated figures released by local authorities. Days of relentless rains triggered ...

Severe floods and landslides continued to wreak havoc on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing 442 people and affecting over a million people as of Sunday, data from the National Disaster ...

A magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck inland near the western coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Friday, killing at least two people and causing tremors that were felt in neighboring Singapore and ...

The two suspects worked as an excavator operator and a mechanic handling a gold sluice box at the illegal gold mine.