About Mandum Rimba
Mandum Rimba is an independent, non-profit observatory that distills credible satellite and public data on deforestation, palm oil and mining expansion, disasters, and threatened wildlife in Indonesia into one open map anyone can check.
What the name means
‘Mandum’ means ‘all / everyone’ in Acehnese; ‘Rimba’ is the wild forest. Mandum Rimba means the forest that belongs to all of us — not to one company, one government, or one generation, but a shared home for the people and wildlife who live in it. The name is born in Aceh, where our data first begins.
Why it exists
Every time forest turns into plantations, mines, or cleared land, elephants, tigers, and orangutans lose their home — and conflict with humans almost always ends badly for them. Many people don't know what is actually happening around where they live. Mandum Rimba assembles scattered data so anyone can see, understand, and act.
What's on the map
We gather data from credible sources and show it as it is:
- Near-real-time deforestation alerts (RADD & GLAD, 10–30 m)
- Palm, pulpwood, logging concessions, and the mining footprint
- Protected & moratorium areas — National Parks, Wildlife Reserves, Nature Reserves, and more
- Flood and landslide events (BNPB DIBI)
- Threatened wildlife habitat and occurrences
Our principles
We don't draw conclusions
We gather and show scattered data, and let the reader judge for themselves. No accusations, no verdicts against anyone.
Every claim is clickable
Anything on the map traces back to its source dataset — with the retrieval date and license.
Reproducible
The whole data pipeline and code are open source. Anyone can re-run it and get the same numbers.
Independent & non-profit
We don't sell data, run ads, or take sides.
Open source
Mandum Rimba is MIT licensed and open to contributions from everyone. Each dataset remains the property of its source — see the Data Sources and Credits pages.
Start exploring: Map · Data Sources · Credits