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Orangutans find home in degraded forests

John Cannon 24 Jul 2017

Borneo’s ‘biocultural holocaust’: an interview with author Alex Shoumatoff

Rhett Ayers Butler 19 Jun 2017

On the road to ‘smart development’

John Cannon 25 May 2017

Scientists mull risks of freeing rare albino orangutan in Borneo

Indra Nugraha 5 May 2017

Preserving orangutan culture an ingredient for successful conservation

Linda Lombardi 2 May 2017

Connectivity and coexistence key to orangutan survival on croplands

Linda Lombardi 13 Apr 2017

Great apes in Asian circus-style shows on rise — so is trafficking

Millie Kerr 12 Apr 2017

Paying for healthcare with trees: win-win for orangutans and communities

Claire Salisbury 28 Mar 2017

Meet the ‘Almost Famous Animals’ that deserve more conservation recognition

Mike Gaworecki 7 Mar 2017

Survival of nearly 10,000 orangutans in Borneo oil palm estates at stake

Erik Meijaard, Marc Ancrenaz 27 Feb 2017
A rarely seen Bay Owl (Phodilus badius). Photo by Arie Prasetya.

A possible undiscovered orangutan population in Borneo?

Erik Meijaard 31 Jan 2017

Politician’s son named a suspect over illegal land clearing in Leuser Ecosystem

Junaidi Hanafiah 26 Jan 2017

Bridge through Borneo wildlife sanctuary moving forward

Mongabay.com 22 Jan 2017

‘Running out of time’: 60 percent of primates sliding toward extinction

John Cannon 19 Jan 2017

HSBC financing tied to deforestation, rights violations for palm oil in Indonesia

John Cannon 18 Jan 2017

Local NGOs: Ecosystem services, not orangutans, key to saving Leuser

Colleen Kimmett 4 Jan 2017

Sudden sale may doom carbon-rich rainforest in Borneo

John Cannon 2 Jan 2017

Video: Two rescued pet orangutans return to the wild

Shreya Dasgupta 21 Dec 2016

Conservation in oil palm is possible (commentary)

Erik Meijaard 25 Nov 2016

Don’t feed the orangutans — a warning unheeded at popular ecotourism stop

Aria Danaparamita 21 Nov 2016

Mongabay Newscast episode 4: Inside scoop on new Netflix documentary “The Ivory Game;” orangutan habitat under threat in Indonesia

Mike Gaworecki 1 Nov 2016

Company poised to destroy critical orangutan habitat in breach of Indonesia’s moratorium

Erik Meijaard 24 Oct 2016

Fires driving deforestation in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem

Mongabay.com 29 Sep 2016

Sarawak establishes 2.2M acres of protected areas, may add 1.1M more

Mike Gaworecki 19 Aug 2016
A family of Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo. The mother was rescued from a palm oil development and re-released as a juvenile here, but unable to survive in the wild because she lacked the careful upbringing required to find food throughout the year. Photo by Matthew Luskin / NGS.

10 orangutans released into the wild in Borneo

Indra Nugraha 15 Aug 2016

Indonesia mulls revision of orangutan conservation plan

Fidelis E. Satriastanti 11 Aug 2016

Borneo conservationists and top oil palm firm work to help orangutans

Deirdre Leowinata 9 Aug 2016
Borneo orangutan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Bornean orangutan declared ‘critically endangered’ as forests shrink

Loren Bell 5 Jul 2016
Sumatran orangutan. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Hype and secrecy in wildlife conservation

Erik Meijaard 18 Jun 2016

Orangutan reintroductions could risk population survival, study warns

Claire Salisbury 8 Jun 2016

One ape, two ape: why counting apes is so difficult — but crucial

Jennifer Huizen 19 Apr 2016

Designing the ideal wildlife corridor for Malaysia’s orangutans

Becca Cudmore 18 Apr 2016

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