Orangutan Information Centre
Non-profit organization sponsored by the Sumatran Orangutan Society who is dedicated to the conservation of Sumatran orangutans and their habitat.
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Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) is a world heritage treasure known by the nickname “Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra”. Until now this national park has not separated from the threats and problems that increasingly threaten the...
Topics: besitang area, conservation constituency, kampanye bangga, Pride Campaign, rare pride campaign, tngl, tropical rainforest, world heritage site, world heritage treasure
Topics: besitang area, conservation constituency, kampanye bangga, Pride Campaign, rare pride campaign, tngl, tropical rainforest, world heritage site, world heritage treasure

Palm oil both a leading threat to orangutans and a key source of jobs in Sumatra by Rhett A. Butler, mongabay.com An interview about orangutan conservation and the complexities of palm oil by Rhett A. Butler with Panut Hadisiswoyo and David Dellatore...
Topics: Featured
Topics: Featured

Oil-Palm Plantation Roadshows Performance Report Final - 89 days ago
Oil-Palm Plantation Roadshows Performance Report FinalStatement of NeedThere is an urgent need for conservation action in order to retain viable wild populations of orangutans. Once widespread throughout the forests of Southeast Asia, they are now... Topics: conflict, final report, human-orangutan conflicts, oil-palm and rubber plantation estates, orangutan conflict, palmoil roadshow, Reports, roadshow, usfws

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The United States will sign an agreement Tuesday to forgive nearly $30 million in Indonesian debt in return for the large Southeast Asian country agreeing to protect forests on Sumatra Island, which is home to endangered...
Topics: Conservation Plan, illegal logging a priority to handle, Indonesian Debt, Indonesian Government, Other News
Topics: Conservation Plan, illegal logging a priority to handle, Indonesian Debt, Indonesian Government, Other News

Palm Oil Boom Threatens the Last Orangutans - 139 days ago
A famous British company, Jardines, is profiting as the lowland forest – which shelters the few remaining orangutans – is razed to make way for massive palm oil plantations, reports Kathy Marks in Tripa, Indonesia.Perched halfway up a tree near a... Topics: endangered orangutans, gunung leuser nantional park, Orangutans, orangutans habitat, palm oil development, sumatran orangutans


