Large infrastructure projects have long dominated debate over the future of Indonesia’s Batang Toru ecosystem, the main ...

Climate change-fuelled landslides wiped out nearly one in 10 remaining members of the world's rarest great ape species on Indonesia's Sumatra island, scientists said recently.

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In 2017, scientists described a new species of great apes – the Tapanuli orangutan. The species, found in the Batang Toru ecosystem of North Sumatara, Indonesia was listed as critically endangered ...

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The Batang Toru hydropower project in North Sumatra. JAKARTA (The Jakarta Post/ANN): Development of the Batang Toru hydropower plant (PLTA) in South Tapanuli regency, North Sumatra, has been ...

Indonesian Town Buries Its Dead in Mass Grave as Flood Toll Rises BATANG TORU, Indonesia (Reuters) -Families gathered at a health centre in the Indonesian town of Batang Toru on Friday, desperate for ...

In 2017, scientists described a new species of great apes—the Tapanuli orangutan. The species, found in the Batang Toru ecosystem of North Sumatara, Indonesia was listed as critically endangered soon ...