KRI Leuser

The KRI Leuser is an Indonesian naval vessel of the Rakata class fleet tugs. "Leuser" name derived from Mount Leuser with its Leuser Ecosystem, the highest mountain in Aceh province.

Notable deployments

The Leuser was deployed to help look for the missing Adam Air Flight 574 in January 2007.

References

This page contains text from Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia - https://wn.com/KRI_Leuser

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Leuser rainforest: Are palm oil farmers shooting orangutans?

BBC News 04 May 2019

Deforestation caused by palm oil cultivation is pushing orangutans closer to farmers who see them as pests. ....

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Leuser rainforest: The elephant men of Bener Meriah

BBC News 30 Apr 2019

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Leuser rainforest: Baby orangutans rescued from Indonesia's pet trade

BBC News 30 Apr 2019

As Indonesian orangutans come into closer contact with humans, they are at increasing risk of capture. ....

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Leuser rainforest: From poacher to animal protector

BBC News 30 Apr 2019

As a poacher Khaedir hunted endangered hornbills. Now as a ranger he protects the Leuser rainforest ... ....

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Stella McCartney Heads Campaign to Save the Leuser Ecosystem

Yahoo Daily News 28 Feb 2019

Stella McCartney is taking to social media to protect the Leuser Ecosystem ......

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Protection of Leuser ecosystem crucial: NGO

Antara News 20 Dec 2018

Protection of the Leuser Ecosystem zone (KEL) is crucial, as it is a national strategic area, according to an Aceh non-governmental organization (NGO). "The Leuser Ecosystem is a national strategic area due to KEL`s ... ....

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unesco encourages aceh, n sumatra to establish leuser biosphere institution

Antara News 14 Sep 2018

The National Committee of UNESCO on the Man and the Biosphere Program (MAB) encouraged the Provincial Administration of Aceh and North Sumatra to immediately establish the Mount Leuser Biosphere Reserve institution to promote ... ....

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HAkA, Google Voyager, take Leuser Ecosystem online

The Jakarta Post 27 Jul 2018

The Natural Forest and Environment of Aceh (HAkA) non-governmental organization has teamed up with Google Earth to promote the Leuser Ecosystem, a 2.6 million-hectare forest conservation area in Aceh and North Sumatra, as a tourist destination to all digitally connected people around the world....

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PepsiCo to probe deforestation in palm oil supplier’s Leuser Ecosystem concession

Mongabay 27 Jun 2018

... to investigate.” RAN said its field investigation and satellite analysis showed that in the first five months of this year alone, 118 hectares (290 acres) of forest had been destroyed in SPS II’s concession, which falls inside the Leuser Ecosystem in Indonesia’s Aceh province....

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Deforestation wanes in Indonesia’s Aceh and Leuser Ecosystem, but threats remain: NGO says

Mongabay 05 Feb 2018

ACEH, Indonesia — Deforestation slowed last year in the Indonesian province of Aceh, home to the Leuser Ecosystem biodiversity hotspot, according to local forest watchdog ... Some 87 percent of the Leuser ecosystem, which spans more than 26,000 square kilometers (10,040 square miles) lies inside Aceh, and the rest in North Sumatra province....

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Locals fear for their lives over planned dam in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

Mongabay 14 Dec 2017

The plans also call for the flooding of 40 square kilometers (15.4 square miles) of land in the Leuser Ecosystem, one of the world’s largest expanses of tropical rainforest and an ecological hotspot celebrated as the last place on Earth where orangutans, rhinos, tigers and elephants coexist in the wild....

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Mining project in Leuser Ecosystem no longer has a valid permit

Mongabay 30 Sep 2017

A mining project in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosytem that has for years pitted environmental activists and local residents against mineral mining company PT Wanyang Mining Gayoindo (PT WMG) appears to have met a major roadblock ... The economic value of an intact Leuser ecosystem — ......

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Oil palm firms advance into Leuser rainforest, defying Aceh governor’s orders

Mongabay 18 Sep 2017

Oil palm plantation companies are still eating away at the Leuser Ecosystem, one of Indonesia’s last best rainforests, despite a provincial ban on forest clearance to make way for the lucrative estates ... Leuser straddles the border of Aceh and North Sumatra provinces, in the archipelago country’s westernmost reaches....