Saving Mentawai’s primates will require both community action and national reforms. But in Siberut, one former hunter is proving that conservation can start at home.

All 18 passengers and crew on a boat that capsized off Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands have been found alive, according to authorities, with some surviving by clinging to pieces of the boat and ...

Residents of Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands found several people stranded on Monday after a speedboat carrying 18 people capsized during a storm the day before, authorities said. The boat ...

Rescuers are racing against time to find the 10 people who went missing after a boat capsized off Indonesia's Mentawai Islands in West Sumatra province. Eight others were rescued after the boat ...

ANKARA Some 17 people survived and one is still missing after a speedboat capsized off the coast of Indonesia’s Mentawai Islands in the West Sumatra province in bad weather, marking the second ...

The Mentawai district legislature last month passed a regulation that recognizes the region’s indigenous communities. The regulation is the latest in a series of district-level policy moves in ...

At least 11 people are missing after a boat capsized off Sumatra's Mentawai islands. Photo / Getty Images At least 11 people are missing after a boat capsized off Sumatra's Mentawai islands.

Living with the Mentawai over the past 10 years, IEF Director (and avid surfer) Rob Henry formed the Foundation to empower displaced Indigenous peoples to develop cultural and environmental-based ...

Of 18 people on board, 10 were local government officials. The boat had departed Sikakap, a small town in the Mentawai Islands, and was heading to another small town, Tuapejat.