30 October 2008
Massive forest conversions, rising demand for timber and infrastructure projects are the main causes for Indonesia's world-leading rate of deforestation, a new study has found. The study by the Indonesian Forest Watch (FWI) categorically blamed deforestation on forest conversions into palm oil plantations conducted by big companies.
28 October 2008
A middle-aged man sat on a chair in his pet shop at an animal market in East Jakarta, waiting for his customers. He sells many kinds of birds, snakes, turtles, cats, dogs and monkeys.
28 October 2008
Nine-year-old Yuni held on tight to her mother's hand as a large orangutan approached an enclosure window of the Smutzer Primate Center in Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta.
28 October 2008
In July, we reported on the rescue of Kerry by Centre for Orangutan Protection from the illegal pet trade. Kerry found a new home at the Nyaru Menteng rescue and rehabilitation centre.
20 October 2008
Palm oil plantations are encroaching on rain forest reserves on the Indonesia island of Borneo, where the endangered primates live.
20 October 2008
The Tripa area of peat swamp forest is being logged to make way for new palm oil plantations and the effects will have dire consequences for the people and wildlife that live there.
18 October 2008
Close to the city of Balikpapan on the Indonesian island of Kalimantan, it took conservationist Willie Smits just a few years to plant an entire new forest to create a sanctuary for threatened orangutans.
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11th October 2008
The ten governors of Sumatra — along with four federal ministers — have signed an agreement to protect forests and other ecosystems on the Indonesian island, according to WWF.
8 October 2008
In the Guinness Book of Records (GWR) 2009 Edition released this month, Indonesia is once again referred to as the country with the world's highest rate of deforestation.
7 October 2008
Malaysian palm oil exported for use in food, biofuels and cosmetics is far from 'green' - contrary to claims by Malaysian palm oil producers - shows the new report "Malaysian Palm Oil: Green Gold or Green Wash?" released today (October 7) by Friends of the Earth groups.
6 October 2008
Last week's edition of Al Jazeera’s 101 East focused on the fight to save the orangutans.
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19 September 2008
"We should choose between human interests or those of the monkeys," said Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono
16 September 2008
Lead author, Emily Fitzherbert from the Zoological Society of London and University of East Anglia said: "There has been much debate over the role of palm oil production in tropical deforestation and its impacts on biodiversity. We wanted to put the discussion on a firm scientific footing."
15 September 2008
On Tuesday 12th August, Year 7 Indonesian classes (7G, 7H & 7M) hoped to make a difference by participating in Vincentia High School’s Inaugural Orangutan Day.
For Australian viewers, Animal Planet is screening Orangutan Island on Wednesday and Sunday evenings. Be sure to watch at 7:30pm (AEST) on Wednesdays and 8:30pm (AEST) on Sundays starting September 10th.
9 September 2008
Blamed for pushing orangutans out of their habitat, palm oil companies are being urged to help conserve the endangered species in Kalimantan.
9 September 2008
Pressures are mounting to save endangered orangutans in Central Kalimantan, where most of the world's only great ape lives under increasingly bleak conditions due to declining forests -- their habitat.
9 September 2008
Two Healesville organisations are proving their worth in the fight to save Borneo's orangutans.
6 September 2008
Somebody stuck a crate in my face at the market in Balikpapan. Looking out between the slats were the very, very sad eyes of a baby orangutan.
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31 August 2008
Indonesia is facing challenges meeting growing demand in the international market for certified palm oil products, as none of the country's producers have obtained sustainable palm oil certification.
Renowned primatologist, Dr Jane Goodall PHD, DBE will be visiting Australia in October.
28 August 2008
Developed country governments should re-direct biofuel subsidies toward preventing deforestation for a far better climate outcome, a UK think-tank claims. Policy Edge has produced analysis suggesting that doing so would produce far greater savings in greenhouse gas emissions for every dollar spent on climate change mitigation.
27 August 2008
Disheartening news from Indonesia as palm oil companies oppose any moratorium on forest and peat land conversions.
21 August 2008
Australia released an initial US$2 million Tuesday out of a US$13.7 million fund for Asia-Pacific nations to help protect forests and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the government announced Tuesday. The first two beneficiaries will be Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
20 August 2008
Conservationists are claiming an early victory in the preservation of Indonesian native forests, not by taking action in the lush forests of Papua and Kalimantan, but by protesting on the streets of Western cities.
14 August 2008
The Eco Products Fund, LP, a private equity fund jointly managed by New Forests Inc. of Washington, D.C. and Equator Environmental, LLC of New York City, and the Government of Sabah in Malaysia today launched the Malua Wildlife Habitat Conservation Bank (Malua BioBank, www.maluabiobank.com), a first-of-its-kind business model for rainforest conservation.
7 August 2008
Another victim of the expansion of oil palm plantations into rainforest habitat....Indonesian villagers threatened Tuesday to poison rare wild elephants that are destroying their palmoil plantations in search of food.
7 August 2008
The following article outlines the thinking behind the Samboja Lestari model
5 August 2008
Almost half the world's monkeys and apes are facing a worsening threat of extinction because of deforestation and hunting for meat, an international report showed.
4 August 2008
At BOS, our ultimate goal is the release of healthy orangutans back into the wild - so it’s always gratifying to be able to give our supporters good news about just such an event - the first translocation programme of 2008.
2 August 2008
An initiative to help to stop orang-utans being driven into extinction has put the price of saving the apes at £568.48 a head.
29 July 2008
The following article from New Scientist provides another example of orangutans self medicating.
