Sugiyo, landscape manager at Taman Nasional Way Kambas (TNWK) in Lampung, said the policy would disrupt elephants’ daily routines and sharply reduce human interaction, increasing the risk of stress and boredom.

East Java, home to the country’s largest cattle population, has recorded a rise in FMD cases since the start of the year. Data from the East Java Animal Husbandry Agency showed that as of Jan. 26, the province had reported 839 FMD cases across 19 regencies.

Following a deadly landslide in West Java, the government is tightening land conversion rules, citing weak watershed oversight, unchecked development and extreme rainfall as compounding risks.

An infant owa ungko or agile gibbon (Hylobates agilis) and a siamang (Symphalangus syndactylus) have been handed over to the Riau Natural Resource Conservation Agency (BBKSDA) for medical treatment and rehabilitation.

While the majority of cities and regencies in Aceh have entered the post-disaster recovery phase, four have maintained emergency status more than two months since flooding and landslides swept through the province last November, as many villages remained cut off by mud and debris.

At least 20 more people are still missing, as bad weather had hindered the search, according to the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas).

Kuantan Singingi regency has some 5,000 hectares of former illegal gold mines in all districts but only 4,819 ha of rice fields. 

The fugitive, identified as 39-year-old Syalihin GP, was arrested by the National Narcotics Agency (BNN) in May last year together with eight other suspects for allegedly trafficking 214 kilograms of marijuana.

Vakarova was arrested on Aug. 3 last year upon arriving at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Bali from Warsaw, Poland, after customs officers discovered over 2 kilograms of drugs in her pink suitcase.

“Initial findings suggest the flames may have originated in a storage area containing raw materials for sandal production, including chemicals. However, we do not yet know what triggered the fire,” Tohap said on Wednesday.

An environmental NGO has called for an overhaul of the sector after at least 15 artisanal gold miners were killed in accidents this month alone, while the national anti-money laundering has highlighted that the illegal activity led to billions of dollars in losses over the past two years.

Reduced water supplies from upstream areas trigger a drastic decline in groundwater level, causing residents’ shallow wells to no longer produce water.”

Environmental organizations, including the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), attributed the severe impact of the Senyar Cyclone to large-scale deforestation and weak enforcement of environmental regulations in Sumatra Island.

Indonesian Navy chief of staff Adm. Muhammad Ali said that 19 Marine Corps personnel were still missing.

Rescuers have been scouring the unstable area in West Bandung region manually and using heavy equipment. But they are treading carefully for fear of another landslide due to bad weather.

Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education Atip Latipulhayat said a total of 4,859 schools across three provinces were damaged by floods in Sumatra.

Changes in an island's shoreline can lead to the changes in basepoints for maritime border with neighboring countries. 

“Our whole family, including our two children, participated directly in planting, arranging and caring for the trees. We didn’t rely on any outside workers. Planting trees is easy, but taking care of them is the hard part,” Rosita said.

Poor oversight of plantations and urban developments have reduced water absorption capacity, a factor academics and environmental groups say contributed to a deadly landslide in Pasirlangu village in West Bandung, West Java.

Around 7,000 families are currently living illegally inside Tesso Nilo National Park, which is internationally recognized as a critical habitat for the endangered Sumatran tiger and elephant.

Three other defendants in the same case received life sentences, despite prosecutors also demanding death penalties.

Search efforts continued for dozens of people missing in a deadly landslide in the disaster-prone Pasirlangu village in West Bandung regency, West Java, as the number of fatalities from the natural disaster climbed to 17.

The birds were smuggled onboard a truck crossing from neighboring Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, without proper documents. 

The officers were involved in border patrol training at the time of the landslide, Navy Chief Admiral Muhammad Ali said, adding that heavy equipment was not able to reach the disaster zone due to bad weather.

Rescuers said they were treading carefully, fearing another landslide due to the unstable ground and bad weather.

Four containers of electronic waste have finally been re-exported from Batu Amprt Port in Batam, Riau Islands, to their country of origin, the United States.

Flooding and landslides that were triggered by torrential rains have continued to paralyze parts of Java and disrupt traffic and public service, with the worst single disaster killing at least nine people and leaving more than 80 missing in West Java.

Environmentalists, experts and the government have pointed to the role forest loss played in the flooding and landslides across islands in Indonesia.

BNPB spokesperson Abdul Muhari, said more than 29,600 temporary houses have been requested for evacuees across the three affected provinces. However, as of Wednesday, only 1,056 temporary houses have been completed, while 7,414 are still under construction.

KPK spokesperson Budi Prasetyo said investigators also searched the Pati Bapermades (village empowerment agency as part of the operation.