How religious beliefs may help protect Mentawai’s forests

Mongabay
Nov 27, 2025, 5:29 am255 ptsTop
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. Off the western coast of Sumatra, Indonesia, the Mentawai Islands rise from the Indian Ocean in a patchwork of forests and rivers where macaques, gibbons and hornbills thrive.…

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