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Beaten and captured orangutan dies in Indonesia's Aceh province - Jul 2013

Posted 02 Jul 2013 in Orangutans in the News

An orangutan in Indonesia’s Aceh province died last Thursday after being beaten by residents of a local village attempting to ...

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Greenpeace releases dramatic pictures of haze and fires in Indonesia (photos) - Jun 2013

Posted 24 Jun 2013 in Orangutans in the News

Greenpeace has released a series of photos from the front lines of the peat fires that are casting a pall ...

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Illegal wildlife trade flourishes in Sumatra - Jun 2013

Posted 10 Jun 2013 in Orangutans in the News

In a chilly rain on Sunday, in a town just a few kilometers beyond the edge of a protected Sumatran ...

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Sustainability pact aside,Greenpeace says paper giant APP must stop facilitating deforestation - Sep 2012

Posted 27 Sep 2012 in Orangutans in the News

Responding to a report that the Indonesian forestry giant is working with The Forest Trust, a Switzerland-based NGO, to clean ...

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Green groups may call for boycott of Indonesian palm oil over forest destruction in Sumatra - Apr 2012

Posted 11 Apr 2012 in Orangutans in the News

Environmental groups are escalating their battle over an area of peat forest in Tripa, Sumatra that has been granted for ...

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Some toilet paper production destroys Indonesian rainforests, endangering tigers and elephants - Feb 2012

Posted 09 Feb 2012 in Orangutans in the News

American consumers are unwittingly contributing to the destruction of endangered rainforests in Sumatra by purchasing certain brands of toilet paper, ...

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Five Wild Cat Species Documented in Sumatran Forest Imperiled by Logging - Nov 2011

Posted 16 Nov 2011 in Orangutans in the News

A single forest corridor in Sumatra has yielded camera trap photos of five wild cats species, including the Critically Endangered ...

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