Endangered habitats of the Leuser ecosystem

The forests of the Leuser Ecosystem in Indonesia are alive with some of the most abundant and diverse plant and animal life known to science; a species diversity that includes at least 105 mammals, 382 birds, 95 reptiles and amphibians and over 8,500 plants.

Millions of people in Aceh and North Sumatra depend on the clean flowing rivers of the Leuser Ecosystem. Besides fresh drinking water, these rivers provide the irrigation essential for subsistence rice farming, a critical source of livelihood in the region. But corruption and a drive for short term corporate profits threaten to upset this centuries old balance.

1. Threatened tropical moist forest habitats
2. Threatened habitats of indigenous peoples
3. Loss of indigenous biodiversity

1. Unsustainable development of forest lands
2. Tropical deforestation
3. Hazards of oil-palm industry

1. Leuser Watch
2. 'The last place on Earth': how Sumatra's rainforest is being cleared for palm oil
3. Explorers at Work: Rudi Putra
4. Saving Sumatra’s iconic species in the Leuser Ecosystem
5. Leuser Ecosystem, Sumatra, Indonesia