Over the February–May 2026 period, FKL carried out 9 joint patrol and law enforcement operations in SMRS. They covered Resorts Trumon, Rundeng, and Singkil across Aceh Selatan, Subulussalam, and Aceh Singkil.

Global Conservation is excited to share that the Oceanic Preservation Society (OPS) is finally releasing their powerful documentary on Leuser Ecosystems, Sumatra, Indonesia, which will be shown at this year’s Mill Valley Film Festival.

Deep within Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, one of the most important peat swamp forests left on Earth is being cleared, drained, and burned. The Singkil peat swamp is the largest of three remaining coastal peat swamp forests on Sumatra’s west coast, alongside Kluet and Tripa. Together, these extraordinary peatlands form what’s been called “the orangutan capital of the world,” supporting some of the highest densities of Sumatran orangutans ever recorded.

In this episode of War on Nature, conservation photojournalist Paul Hilton travels deep into the Leuser Ecosystem in Sumatra, Indonesia, to witness the devastating impact of palm oil expansion on one of the last truly wild places on Earth.

In 2025, satellite evidence shows 652 hectares of new illegal oil palm plantations inside Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve, with 453 hectares already in production as of September 2024. The destruction of large forest areas in Singkil is happening now and likely has the involvement of corrupt government officials. Almost 5% of the wildlife reserve has already been destroyed.