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Palm oil workers killing endangered orangutans

26 July 2007

Hardi Baktiantoro, director of the Center for Orangutan Protection (COP), said at least 1,500 orangutans perished in 2006, most as a result of deliberate attacks… Read more...

Putting orang-utan population trends into perspective

17 July 2007

Meijaard E. & Wich S. (2007). Putting orang-utan population trends into perspective. Current Biology 17(14):R540 www.current-biology.com Read more...

Mining giant to raze apes' forest home

15 July 2007

Documents obtained by The Sunday Times reveal that the Anglo-Australian group BHP Billiton plans to exploit mining rights across swathes of Borneo's tropical forests in… Read more...

Last-Gasp Effort to Save Borneo's Tropical Rainforests

13 July 2007

Stone R. (2007). Last-Gasp Effort to Save Borneo's Tropical Rainforests. Science 317(5835):192 www.sciencemag.org Read more...

Response to the statement of the EU Scientific Steering Committee on the use of non-human primates (NHP) in biomedical research

12 July 2007

Animal Defenders International. (2007). Response to the statement of the EU Scientific Steering Committee on the use of non-human primates (NHP) in biomedical research. Available… Read more...

Climate deals turn up heat in Indonesia's dark peatlands

2 July 2007

Science has long known that Indonesia's 20 million hectares (50 million acres) of dense, black tropical peat swamps, formed when trees, roots and leaves rot,… Read more...

Modelling the impact of Ebola and Bushmeat Hunting on Western Lowland Gorillas

20 June 2007

Rizkalla, C., Blanco-Silva, F. and Gruver, S. 2007. Modeling the impact of Ebola and bushmeat hunting on Western Lowland Gorillas. Ecohealth, 4, 151-155. http://www.ecohealth.net/ Read more...

World's great apes face disaster, says Leakey Hunting, disease, logging and demand for biofuels cited among prime threats

31 May 2007

World's great apes face disaster, says Leakey Hunting, disease, logging and demand for biofuels cited among prime threats David Adam, environment correspondent Thursday May 31,… Read more...