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Ketambe Research Station

Recent flooding has caused extensive damage to an area of the Gunung Leuser National Park–directly impacting our charity partner International Rhino Foundation. Learn more below and how you can get involved. 

Ketambe Research Station

The Ketambe Research Station is located within Gunung Leuser National Park, where the last breeding stronghold for Sumatran rhinos is located, was recently damaged by flooding.

AAZK needs your financial support to help with rebuilding. All funds will go directly to this program.

 

What caused the flooding (on Sumatra broadly)

  • The floods and landslides across Sumatra (particularly Aceh, North Sumatra, West Sumatra) in late November 2025 were triggered by “extreme rainfall,” partly driven by a tropical storm (Cyclone Senyar — originally “Invest 95B”). 

  • Some affected regions saw rainfall exceeding 300 mm/day — a level rare for the region. 

  • But scientists emphasize this was not just a “natural disaster.” Underlying human-driven environmental degradation — especially large-scale deforestation, poor land and watershed management, forest-to-plantation conversion, illegal logging, and loss of natural buffering forest cover — greatly amplified the flood/landslide risk.

Thus, the disaster represents a “hazard × vulnerability × exposure” colla

 

YOUR SUPPORT MATTERS

Inov Sectionov, International Rhino Foundation’s Indonesia Program Director, reached out about the news to keep us in the loop on what is going on. In addition to the buildings being wiped out, one of the staff member’s children is also currently missing.

 

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