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Mengingat Luka Atas Bencana Sumatra: Ketika Patriarki Menumbalkan Alam dan Perempuan

“We are either going to have a future where women lead the way to make peace with the Earth or we are not going to have a human future at…

40 Tahun TPA Batu Bola : Kronik Ketololan dan Krisis Ekologis di Kota Padangsidimpuan

The Land That Never Returned

After a palm oil plantation lease expired in 1988, a land dispute in Indonesia’s Aceh province evolved into a multi-generational conflict…

Sumatera Blackout Lagi: Terdepan Diekstraksi, Terdepan Pula Mendapat Petaka

Saat listrik padam pada Jumat malam, 22 Mei 2026, saya sedang melatih otot di sebuah pusat kebugaran di Kota Padang. Seketika ruangan gelap…

Jejak Merah di Atas Kayu Gelondongan: Ketika Banjir Sumatra Membongkar "Dosa" Deforestasinya…

Foto oleh Iqro Rinaldi di Unsplash

Sumatran Orangutan Named Pesek Gives Birth to Her 7th Baby in Gunung Leuser National Park

Sumatran Orangutan Named Pesek Gives Birth to Her 7th Child in Gunung Leuser National Park. A Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) named Pesek…

The Reconstruction Mirage: Behind the "Recovered" Facade of Aceh and Sumatra

Official headlines claim 'Total Recovery,' but for thousands in Aceh, the only reality is a leaking tent. This isn’t progress; it’s…

Banjir Bandang Terjang Sejumlah Wilayah di Sumatra, Ratusan Ribu Warga Mengungsi

SUMATRA- Banjir bandang dan longsor melanda sejumlah wilayah di Pulau Sumatra sejak akhir November 2025 hingga pertengahan Januari 2026…

Dejavu Penindas Alam: Antara Kolonial dan dewasa ini

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Indonesia’s Sumatra Floods: When Devastation Meets Silence

Why Millions Affected by One of the Worst Disasters in Decades Still Wait for Full National Recognition

A Story of Ayam Pop: The Pale Treasure of West Sumatra

When travelers speak of Indonesian cuisine, their minds often leap to fiery rendang or fragrant nasi goreng. Yet tucked away in the lush…

When What We Destroy Comes Back for Us

I’ve been moving through the days with this strange heaviness in my chest, it sits quietly and refuses to be reasoned with. The news from…

Di Negeri yang Terlalu Sibuk untuk Belajar dari Masa Lalu

Air yang merendam Sumatra beberapa hari ini rasanya cuma sedang mengingatkan kita tentang peta yang pernah kita hapus sendiri. Sungai…

One name, many faces: the dolphin case of Homalomena siaisensis in ornamental trade

From Firenze University Press Journal: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography (Webbia)

Homalomena renda (Araceae), a remarkable new species from the rainforests of Jambi, Sumatra

From Firenze University Press Journal: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography (Webbia)

Thinking of Visiting Indonesia? Don’t Stop at Bali — Here’s Where to Go Next

After years of exploring Indonesia island by island, I’ve put together a practical guide to help first-time travelers go beyond the Bali…

Homalomena pistioides: a new small-sized lithophytic species of Sumatran Aroid

From Firenze University Press Journal: Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Geography (Webbia)

I am Fakih Saghir: Chronicles of Self and Society

In the classical Minangkabau perspective, self-documentation is seen as a form of vanity. Boasting about one’s achievements is not to be…

Wir entdecken die schönsten Seiten Westsumatras

Abgelegene Bergstädte und tropische Inseln: Sumatra hat alles, was ein Reiseherz begehrt

Srivijaya: The Lost Kingdom of Gold — Ultra Unlimited

At the mouth of the Musi River in southern Sumatra, the muddy tides conceal a forgotten realm of untold opulence. For centuries, tales…

Cannibalism in Melaka?

If you read the Wikipedia entry on the Portuguese conquest of Melaka you will come across the claim that the city’s pre-conquest rulers…