The forest in Alas Purwo was so dense that the high mid-day sun couldn’t reach the ground. I was in Banyuwangi, East Java, trekking into what has been described as Indonesia’s most-haunted forest—a ...

BNPB reported that the forest fires plagued over a dozen regencies and cities across 10 Indonesian provinces in early August.

West Java has recorded 132 forest and land fires this year, burning 196.4 hectares across 19 regencies and cities amid the ...

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If you liked this story, share it with other people. A group of women in Indonesia’s West Java province have become skilled printers on fabric using motifs derived from various plant species found in ...

A Javan gibbon swings from tree to tree in the forest of Kampung Cimaranginan in Lengkong Village, Sukabumi, West Java, on Nov 7, 2020. - Photo: kompas.com file JAKARTA: An expedition team has found a ...