
This article has been updated with details of conviction and sentencing. A wildlife poacher who was in possession of a tiger carcass has been arrested in North Sumatra in Indonesia. An anti-trafficking […]
This article has been updated with details of conviction and sentencing. A wildlife poacher who was in possession of a tiger carcass has been arrested in North Sumatra in Indonesia. An anti-trafficking […]
A new report published by the International Institute for Environmental Development (IIED) says the development of large-scale oil palm plantations is responsible for significant loss and degradation of orangutan habitat on the island […]
A consortium of NGOs is calling on UNESCO to intervene urgently to protect the rainforest World Heritage Site in northern Sumatra in Indonesia. The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (TRHS) site has […]
After two months attempting to rescue a young male orangutan in the province of Aceh in Indonesia, a team from the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) – along with the wildlife trade monitoring […]
A team from the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) in Medan, Indonesia, has conducted yet another dramatic rescue – in Kabanjahe, North Sumatra. The orangutan they have just saved is a 20-year-old male, […]
A Sumatran orangutan who was kept for more than a decade in a tiny cage, then was rescued, only to end up back behind bars in a zoo, is now at a […]