Rainforest Action Network (RAN) and The TreeMap have released unprecedented satellite evidence of widespread, palm oil-driven deforestation in Indonesia’s Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve. This reserve protects Western Sumatra’s last pristine lowland coastal peat-swamp forests, home to the highest concentration of Sumatran orangutans, around 1,500 individuals, or 10% of the total population. RAN and The TreeMap … Continue reading Illegal Deforestation Exposed in Indonesia’s Prime Biodiversity Hotspot.