For the Indigenous Gayo, Alas, Kluet, Aneuk Jamee, and Karo peoples, Leuser is not merely a forest—it is sacred ancestral land. Their stewardship has kept the ecosystem intact for centuries. But in ...

A wetland is a stew of botanical life and can absorb and release heat from the sun. Try taking a whirl through these four ...

The Leuser Ecosystem encompasses over 6.5 million acres of dense forest, peat swamp, and rugged mountains. It is a haven for life—and, until recently, a blind spot in the global imagination.

With a peat depth of 15 meters, the area is believed to be around 15,000 years old and had originated from woody and herbaceous plants that once vegetated the swamp forest, Sumilhig said. Within ...

Holcim breaks ground on low carbon concrete plant in Sydney’s Aerotropolis Holcim Australia has started work on a low-carbon ECOPact concrete plant at ...

About a year ago, opponents determined to stop an Alabama company from mining next to the Okefenokee Swamp were running out of options. Here's how a deal came together.

The Leuser Ecosystem encompasses over 6.5 million acres of dense forest, peat swamp, and rugged mountains. It is a haven for life—and, until recently, a blind spot in the global imagination.

Okefenokee Swamp. Image via Openverse. The Okefenokee Swamp, spanning the Georgia-Florida border, is one of North America’s oldest and most pristine wetland ecosystems, dating back approximately 6,500 ...

Sebangau National Park: Peat Forest Stronghold Orangutan. Image by alcarrera via Depositphotos. Central Kalimantan’s Sebangau National Park protects one of the largest contiguous tropical peat swamp ...

"It was, in fact, the land of the ever-memorable Beast, the Napoleon Bonaparte of wolves. What a fate it had! It lived ten ...

Threatened and at-risk species will also suffer under Bill 5, gutting nearly 20 years of protections by narrowing the ...