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Lean times leave orangutans wasting away. Habitat loss makes things worse

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 May 2021

FSC-certified Indonesian logger may have cleared orangutan habitat: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 May 2021

Deadly landslide hits Indonesian dam project in orangutan habitat, again

Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Apr 2021

Caring for those ‘just like us’: Q&A with vet and great ape advocate Rick Quinn

Mongabay.com 20 Apr 2021

Secretive group found to have cleared orangutan habitat in Indonesia: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 22 Mar 2021

The Hungry Mills: How palm oil mills drive deforestation (commentary)

Rob McWilliam 12 Mar 2021
A Bornean orangutan. Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

Forest patches amid agriculture are key to orangutan survival: Study

John Cannon 26 Feb 2021

Omens and optimism for Sumatran orangutans

Mongabay.com 2 Feb 2021
A Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

Timber organization’s backing ‘one step’ toward ‘peace park’ in Borneo

John Cannon 26 Jan 2021

Deforestation spurred by road project creeps closer to Sumatra wildlife haven

Hans Nicholas Jong 14 Jan 2021

Historical data point to ‘imminent extinction’ of Tapanuli orangutan

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Jan 2021

Worker feared dead as landslide hits quake-prone dam in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 7 Dec 2020

Will a newly discovered ape species face a dammed future?

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2020
Construction on the Pan Borneo Highway in northern Sabah. Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

Activists in Malaysia call on road planners to learn the lessons of history

John Cannon 13 Nov 2020

Conservation must be primary goal of great ape tourism, despite COVID-driven recessions (commentary)

Trang Chu Minh 12 Nov 2020

Mongabay explores Sumatra, a land like no other

Mongabay.com 22 Oct 2020

Indonesia dam builder refuses new study to assess impact on orangutans

Hans Nicholas Jong 19 Aug 2020

‘We are losing’: Q&A with The Orangutan Project’s Leif Cocks on saving the great ape

Malavika Vyawahare 19 Aug 2020

‘Meaningless certification’: Study makes the case against ‘sustainable’ palm oil

Hans Nicholas Jong 5 Aug 2020

Dam that threatens orangutan habitat faces three-year delay

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Jul 2020

For world’s rarest great ape, COVID-19 is latest in a litany of threats

Ayat S. Karokaro, Hans Nicholas Jong 30 Apr 2020

Rescuing orangutans ‘doesn’t work’ for apes or forests, studies find

James Fair 15 Apr 2020
Mountain gorilla in neighboring Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda. Photo for Mongabay.com by Rhett A. Butler.

For great apes at risk of infection, COVID-19 is also an economic threat

Heather Richardson 13 Apr 2020

National parks in Africa shutter over COVID-19 threat to great apes

Malavika Vyawahare 26 Mar 2020

Scientists call for independent review of dam project in orangutan habitat

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Mar 2020

Where the logging ends in Indonesian Borneo, the forest clearing begins

Shreya Dasgupta 4 Mar 2020

Call for prosecution of Indonesian politician who kept baby orangutan as pet

Ayat S. Karokaro 26 Feb 2020

Indonesia forest fires push orangutans into starvation mode, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Jan 2020
Bamboo lemur in Madagascar. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Global consumer demands fuel the extinction crisis facing the world’s primates

Alejandro Estrada, Paul A. Garber 29 Dec 2019

Fighting to save an endangered ape, Indonesian activists fear for their lives

Hans Nicholas Jong 18 Dec 2019

Indonesian dam raises questions about UN hydropower carbon loophole

Justin Catanoso 12 Dec 2019

Eight species, including Tapanuli orangutan, make first appearance on list of most endangered primates

Mongabay.com 8 Oct 2019

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