Letter Writing Campaign

Contact Names and Addresses.

1) Your Local MP and MEP

Write to your local MP and MEP asking them to get the government to meet with the Ape Alliance.
We encourage you to write your own message as MP's might ignore letters if they are identical, but to get you started, here is a representative letter:

• Suggested Letter Template

If you don't know who your local MP is, then visit FaxYourMP.com, all you need to know is your own postcode!.

• FaxYourMP.com

2) The United Nations

For individuals interested in tapping into "political will" and its resounding powers on behalf of all three African great apes, please write to:

Sir Jeremy Greenstock
UK Mission to the United Nations
1 Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
28th Floor
885 2nd Avenue
New York, NY
USA 10017

Let's speak with one voice and urge/insist on a speedy peace initiative in DRCongo.

3) Minister of Forestry for the Republic of Indonesia.

Ask him to continue to do whatever necessary to protect orangutan habitat particularly in the National Parks of Kalimantan and Sumatra as well as support the efforts of OFI to work cooperatively with Indonesia government in efforts to save orangutans.

His Excellency Marzuki Usman Minister of Forestry Gd. Manggala Wanabakti Blok 1 Lt. 4 Jl. Gatot Subroto Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia Fax: 62-21-573-4818

• Suggested Letter Template

4) H.E. President of Gabon.

Email: eleusis@mail.eunet.fr

5) President of Indonesia.

We have recently learned that Indonesia’s President Abdurrahmad Wahid (who prefers to be called Gus Dur), is planning to make a visit to Tanjung Puting National Park (TPNP) sometime in the immediate or near future. This would be a good time to write to President Wahid to show your support of the orangutans, the Orangutan Foundation International (OFI), and the work that Dr. Galdikas and OFI are doing to help preserve TPNP and the orangutan species. It should be a letter that is positive in tone but points out the threats (illegal logging and mining) that continue to impact the orangutans and other wildlife in the Park. You should politely request that he support and strengthen actions that help protect the Park and its wildlife. Also mention that you and many other people throughout the world value places like TPNP.

President Gus Dur Abdurrahmad Wahid
("Dear President Gus Dur")
Jalan Kalibata Timur 24B
Jakarta 12740, Indonesia
Fax: 62-21-791-93486

Suggested Letter Template.

While we encourage you to write your own message, here are some representative letters:

• First example letter for the President of Indonesia.
• Second example letter for the President of Indonesia.