The Republic of Indonesia is located in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian and Pacific oceans. This huge arcipelago is the world's largest island country and the 14th largest country by area, with its 1,904,569 square km.

Indonesia is comprised of more than 17000 islands, with around 6000 still inhabited.

The largest islands are Sumatra, Java, part of Borneo, Sulawesi and part of New Guinea.

The Republic is home to one of the world's highest levels of biodiversity and is among the 17 mega-diverse countries identified by Conservation International.

Indonesia is second only to Australia in terms of total endemic species, with 36% of its 1531 bird species and 39% of its 515 species of mammal being endemic. Flora and fauna are a mixture of Asian and Australasian species.

Having been long separated from the continental landmasses, Sulawesi, Nusa Tenggara, Maluku and Papua have developed their unique flora and fauna.

Tropical seas surround Indonesia's 80,000 km coastline, surrounded by several unique sea and coastal ecosystems, standing as one of the most important “coral triangle” countries with the world's most enormous diversity of coral reef fish.”

Despite all the richness in biodiversity, Indonesia is also notorious for its long list of threatened wildlife, due its large and growing human population. 69 species are considered endangered, 68 classified as critically endangered and 517 grouped as being in a vulnerable condition.

The serious issues related to the wildlife are the unstoppable large-scale deforestation and the illegal trade.