The Battle for the Bengkung

Few areas in Sumatra have the biological richness that the Bengkung river system had in the early 1980s. Few people had even been there, but those who managed to do so returned with stories
 

Gaining recognition for the Leuser Ecosystem

The Leuser Ecosystem is perhaps that only area in Southeast Asia with the size and mix of habitats that has a realistic chance of supporting viable populations of many of the endangered
 

Saving the Singkil Swamp

Swamps have, for a long time, held a mysterious allure in the popular imagination. Some consider them to be the abode of spirits while most perceive them as dangerous and unfit for human habitation.
 

The Restoration of the Singkil-Bengkung Wildlife Corridor

In 1985 a visitor to Naca, a small group of huts in Southern Aceh could awake in the morning to the sounds of untold numbers of jungle fowl, pheasants, and Firebirds, whose calls echoed through