Orphaned Orangutan in Central Kalimantan. Photos by Rhett A. Butler. In December 2007, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono launched Indonesia’s Strategy and Action Plan for National Conservation of Orangutans. Quoting the…
Innovation in Tropical Forest Conservation: Q&A with Dr. Kinari Webb Dr. Kinari Webb has a superpower: the ability to provide high-quality health care in a remote and rural landscape. And…
A solitary rainforest tree remains standing in a recently planted palm oil plantation on former orang-utan habitat inside the PT Karya Makmur Abadi Estate II palm oil concession. PT KMA…
Photos by Rhett A. Butler. It is obvious that at the moment Indonesia neither has the political commitment nor ability to safeguard its dwindling populations of orangutans. Despite its Presidentially…
Mother Sumatran orangutan with baby in Gunung Leuser, North Sumatra.. In a precedent-setting case, an Indonesian court has found a palm oil company guilty of violating environmental laws and ordered…
Environmentalists in Indonesia's Aceh Province are calling upon the local governor to nominate the Leuser Ecosystem as a UNESCO World Heritage Site to help protect the area — one of…
Multiple allegations have been made against the Indonesian palm oil producer for setting up illegal plantations, violating its own commitments to stop clearing forests and misrepresenting its membership in the…
Peatland forest clearance for palm oil. Excavators clear intact peatland forests and build drainage canals in an oil palm concession owned by PT Andalan Sukses Makmur, a subsidiary of Bumitama…
Environmental activists have released an emotive video that aims to raise awareness about the impact of converting rainforests into oil palm plantations to provide a common ingredient in processed snack…
Sir David Attenborough, Bill Oddie and Chris Packham are supporting an effort to save the orangutan from extinction by raising £1m in just two weeks. Orangutans in their natural environment…
Environmental activists have launched a major campaign targeting 20 of the largest snack food companies that use palm oil in their products. The campaign, led by the Rainforest Action Network…
A recent study of forest in East Kalimantan, Borneo has found that orangutans travel on the ground far more often than expected. The study, published in the American Journal of…
An orangutan in Indonesia’s Aceh province died last Thursday after being beaten by residents of a local village attempting to capture the animal. The case casts a tragic spotlight on…
Karman Lubis's body was found near where he had been working on a Sumatran rubber plantation. His head was found several days later a mile away and they still haven't…
In Indonesia, price for endangered orangutan is $200, leopard cat $25 Caged orangutan at Limbat's 'zoo' in Kadang, Aceh on the island of Sumatra. Photo by Paul Hilton. In a…
After facilitating large-scale logging and conversion of extensive areas of rainforest habitat, the government of Sarawak says it will protect a population of up to 200 of the world’s rarest…
A group of biologists and conservation scientists meeting in Sumatra warned that potential changes to Aceh's spatial plan could undermine some of the ecological services that underpin the Indonesian province's…
Juvenile orangutan in the Kulamba Wildlife Reserve, which, along with adjacent forests, supports an estimated 480 orangutans. Photo by: HUTAN/Dzulirwan bin Takasi @ Jolirwan. Three conservation groups warn that a…
OIC’s Human Orangutan Conflict Response Unit (HOCRU) with the assistance of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SCOP), the Leuser Ecosystem Management Authority (BPKEL), and the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA)…
Wild male orangutan in Sumatra. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Homo sapiens are not alone in experiencing a dip in happiness during middle age (often referred to as a mid-life…
Future hanging in balance? Borneo orang-utan. Photo by Rhett Butler. Borneo will likely lose half of its orangutans if current deforestation and forest conversion trends continue, warns a comprehensive new…
Industrial area in Kalimantan. Photo courtesy of Stanislav Lhota. The proposed extension of an industrial area in East Kalimantan, Indonesia will likely mean the end of a population of rehabilitated…
Oil palm plantations and rainforest in Malaysian Borneo. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. A campaign by the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo hopes to raise awareness about the link between Halloween candy…
SOURCE: Jajang Jamaludin. Going After the Big 14. Tempo Magazine. 22 April 2012. U.S. retailer Dollar General has stopped sourcing paper products from controversial brand Asia Pulp and Paper (APP),…
The Bornean elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis), a prospective subspecies of the Asian elephant, is the world's smallest. Photo by: Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) and the Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC).…
Orangutan in Malaysia. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's plan to spend nearly $16 million (50 million Malaysian ringgits) to lease two baby pandas from China for ten years…
Orangutan in Sumatra. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Orangutans are in dire need of a revised conservation approach, according to a new study in the Annals of the New York…
Note: PT Sisirau has refuted elements of this post. See below for details The HOCRU team carry the baby orangutan to safety. Photo credit OIC. A mother orangutan and its…
Gray mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus) in Madagascar. Photo by: Rhett A. Butler. Spanning the gamut from mouse lemurs to mountain gorillas, All The World’s Primates is a comprehensive database of…
April 18, 2012 a specialist Orangutan rescue team from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP), Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari (YEL) and BKSDA Aceh rescued a large adult male orangutan trapped in…
