| Singkil Barat Nature Reserve | |
| Area: | 650km2 |
The Singkil Barat Nature Reserve[1] is a 650km2[2] nature reserve found on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. Located in the province of Aceh, the preserve contains the largest peat swamp within the leuser ecosystem and is hailed as the orangutan capital of the world.[3]
In this park you can meet a Sumatran tiger.[4]
During 2024 the Rainforest Action Network investigated land clearing in the Singkil reserve and found that supplies chains for major companies were sourcing palm oil from mills responsible for land clearing in the reserve. In 2022, 2023, and 2024 sustained clearing of forest occurred in the northern part of the reserve with canals being dug to make access into the forest easier. [5] The Sumatran Orangutan Society has restored several hundred hectares of forest by rewetting the peat and blocking the canals. Orangutans have returned to the areas they've worked on.[6]