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

Posted 26 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 16 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 02 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 24 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 26 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 24 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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FSC-certified Indonesian logger may have cleared orangutan habitat: Report - Orangutan News May 2021

Posted 17 May 2021 in Orangutan News

- A secretive Indonesian company group, Alas Kusuma, has allegedly cleared orangutan habitat in Indonesian Borneo, according to a ...

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Rescuing orangutans ‘doesn’t work’ for apes or forests, studies find - Orangutan News Mar 2021

Posted 03 Mar 2021 in Orangutan News

- New research suggests taking Bornean orangutans from degraded habitat and moving them to new areas is not good for ...

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Forest patches amid agriculture are key to orangutan survival: Study - Orangutan News Feb 2021

Posted 27 Feb 2021 in Orangutan News

- A recent study highlights the importance of small fragments of forest amid landscapes dominated by agriculture for ...

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Historical data point to ‘imminent extinction’ of Tapanuli orangutan - Orangutan News Jan 2021

Posted 28 Jan 2021 in Orangutan News

 - A new study indicates that the Tapanuli orangutan, already the world’s most threatened great ape species, faces a much ...

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