Over the past week, a team from the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) in Sumatra has rescued six orangutans from oil palm and rubber plantations. The first of the rescues was on July […]
Six orangutans rescued from plantations in Sumatra
Freedom beckons for Pongky the orangutan after more than a decade in captivity
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 […]
Aceh citizens launch class-action lawsuit to protect Sumatran rainforest
Concerned citizens have launched a civil lawsuit against Indonesia’s minister of home affairs in a bid to protect the Leuser Ecosystem – the last place on Earth where orangutans, rhinos, tigers, and […]
Climate conference: environmentalists urge action to end forest destruction in Indonesia
Environmentalists from Indonesia who are in Paris for the COP21 United Nations climate change conference have called for urgent action to end the destruction of their country’s rainforests and peatlands. They appealed […]
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