Orangutan News

In Sumatra, increased orangutan sightings point to growing threats to the apes - Orangutan News Mar 2023

Posted 24 Mar 2023 in Orangutan News

• Villagers in the Batang Toru forest in northern Sumatra say orangutan sightings in their farms and settlements ...

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Orangutan death in Sumatra points to human-wildlife conflict, illegal trade - Orangutan News Mar 2023

Posted 16 Mar 2023 in Orangutan News

• The case of an orangutan that died shortly after its capture by farmers in northern Sumatra has ...

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OURF Profile- Becky Keller - Orangutan News Jan 2023

Posted 27 Jan 2023 in Orangutan News , OURF Volunteers

Becky Keller first met Dr. Gary Shapiro over 25 years ago. She had a passion for orangutans, and she found ...

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Human-Orangutan Conflict and Orangutan Translocation - Orangutan News Aug 2022

Posted 17 Aug 2022 in Orangutan News

International Orangutan Day is celebrated each August 19th! It is a momentous day that highlights the orangutan and ...

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Deforestation in Borneo threatens one in four orangutans, study says - Orangutan News Jul 2022

Posted 27 Jul 2022 in Orangutan News

• Deforestation in Borneo will destroy the habitat of more than 26,000 orangutans, a quarter of the population of the ...

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Plantations threaten Indonesia’s orangutans, but they’re not oil palm - Environmental News Jul 2022

Posted 17 Jul 2022 in Environmental News , Orangutan News

• A significant portion of orangutan habitat in Indonesia lies within corporate concessions, but industrial tree companies, like pulp and ...

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How many orangutans does $1 billion save? Depends how you spend it, study finds - Orangutan News Apr 2022

Posted 03 Apr 2022 in Orangutan News

- A recent study evaluating spending on orangutan conservation, calculated to amount to more than $1 billion over the past ...

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2021 Pongo Awards Recap - Orangutan News Jan 2022

Posted 25 Jan 2022 in Orangutan News

On Saturday, November 13th, The Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF) with the support of the Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia (KJRI) presented ...

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Deforestation of orangutan habitat feeds global palm oil demand, report shows - Orangutan News Jun 2021

Posted 27 Jun 2021 in Orangutan News

- Palm oil giant Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) has allegedly sourced the commodity from a plantation responsible for deforesting prime ...

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Future of orangutans in balance as company with Scottish roots searches for gold - Orangutan News Jun 2021

Posted 25 Jun 2021 in Orangutan News

GOLD… is the colour of an orangutan’s hair in the morning, as they rise, backlit by the sun in their ...

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