BANDAR LAMPUNG, Indonesia — In a two-week survey of the thick forest of Sumatra’s Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park in the 1990s, Indonesian conservationist Agus Setiawan says he found signs ...

That the environment of Bukit Barisan Selatan is worth protecting has long been evident. UNESCO added the tropical rainforests of Sumatra to its World Heritage Lis t in 2004, citing in particular ...

Wild animals flee to Karo hamlet from deforested Bukit Barisan - National - The Jakarta PostJust recently, residents of Lau Kawar hamlet, about 10 kilometers from the mountain, found a baby ...

The Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park is one of South Sumatra’s last stands of lowland forest, and home to critically endangered Sumatran tigers and elephants. But the park is under threat from the ...

Syafri and the other 20 members of his group were on a hike from Koto Sani in Koto Singkarak district, Solok regency, heading to Padang when they were reported missing in Bukit Barisan Forest.