Last year, a 100-hectare patch of mangrove trees in eastern Sumatra was cleared to make way ... contained protection guarantees for Cemara Beach, a rest stop for migratory birds.

the conditions on this remote beach were world-class. But unlike Bali, Java and Nias, Sipura Island was virtually unknown to foreigners. Located about 90 miles off the coast of West Sumatra ...

Straddling the equator, Sumatra is the sixth largest island in ... its natural beauty seduces botanists and backpackers, birdwatchers and beach lovers. Volatile volcanoes belch clouds of steam ...

As many as fifty houses along Pasie Nan Tigo Beach, Koto Tangah District, Padang City, West Sumatra are overshadowed by the threat of coastal erosion which stretches for one kilometer. This ...

Local resident Abdul told Reuters that in Padang, the capital of West Sumatra, the land shook so hard that people fled from the beaches. Ponant cruise ship L'Austral, seen off Parai Beach ...