How women farmers are helping elephants and forests in a Sumatran national park

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LUBUK KEMBANG BUNGA, Indonesia — Tesso Nilo National Park, located on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, often makes headlines due to human-wildlife conflict — a byproduct of illegal encroachment and deforestation by oil palm plantations.

However, there is a ray of hope, thanks to female farmers who live in a buffer zone of the national […]

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