Flower fallout | November 25, 2025

Oxford University panned for not crediting local researchers

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Andra Nasrie
November 25, 2025

Hello reader,

Things we can be proud about Indonesia: our incredible biodiversity, and having dedicated people who would stop at nothing to protect and preserve it.

One wouldn’t know about these heroes if it weren’t for the public backlash against Oxford University, who failed to credit Indonesian researchers in their discovery of a rare flower in West Sumatra. Full story below.

Cheers,

Andra

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