According to an investigation by global watchdog Rainforest Action Network (RAN), food and cosmetic companies as well as financial institutions have links with companies implicated in the destruction of the Leuser Ecosystem.
- Industrial development for palm oil, pulp and paper plantations and mining continues to threaten the entire ecosystem, as well as the wellbeing of millions of Acehnese people who depend on it for their food, water and livelihoods.
- The Leuser Ecosystem, protected under Indonesian national law,
- The Leuser Ecosystem is among the most ancient and life-rich ecosystems ever documented by science.
- It is the last place on Earth where Sumatran orangutans, elephants, tigers, rhinos and sun bears still roam the same habitat.
- The Leuser Ecosystem stretches across the province of Aceh and North Sumatra on the island of Sumatra.
(Source: RAN)
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