The Orangutan Working Group is concerned with the protection of orangutans - Pongo pygmaeus. Orangutans are threatened by the destruction of their habitat in Borneo and Sumatra. The rainforest is being destroyed by illegal logging, palm oil plantations, agriculture and fires.
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Associated Press | NINIEK KARMINI | November 2011
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JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Two Indonesian plantation workers said they
killed at least 20 endangered orangutans and proboscis monkeys as a
means of pest control for landowners looking to protect their crops,
police said Wednesday.
17/12/2011
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Associated Press | November 2011
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Two Indonesian plantation workers said they killed at least 20 endangered orangutans and proboscis monkeys as a means of pest control for landowners looking to protect their crops, police said Wednesday.
17/12/2011
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Washington Post Associated Press | December 2011
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ACEH, Indonesia — The man known as Indonesia’s “green governor” chases the roar of illegal chainsaws through plush jungles in his own Jeep. He goes door-to-door to tell families it’s in their interest to keep trees standing.
17/12/2011
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mongabay.com | Rhett Butler | December 2011
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Two Indonesian plantation companies have signed an agreement to train workers not to kill or injure orangutans and other protected species.
The agreement was brokered by the Indonesian government between Orangutan Foundation International (OFI), a non-profit with operations in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo, and two major plantation firms: PT Smart, one of Indonesia's largest palm oil producers, and PT Lontar Papyrus, which supplies wood-pulp to Asia Pulp & Paper (APP). Both companies are holdings of the Sinar Mas Group.
06/12/2011
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The Observer |Lizzy Davis | November 2011
Conservationists have called on the Indonesian authorities to take urgent action to save the orangutan after a report warned that the endangered great apes were being hunted at a rate that could bring them to the brink of extinction.
27/11/2011
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The Jakarta Post | November 2011
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JAKARTA: The Center for Orangutan Protection (COP) says the Indonesian government is too slow in taking legal action against the killers of orangutans in Kalimantan even though the slaughter has been taking place at oil-palm plantations belonging to Malaysian companies around Kalimantan.
24/11/2011
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The following organisations are involved in the Orangutan Working Group.
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Orangutan Foundation UK Orangtuan Working Group Secretariat Ashley Leiman 7 Kent Terrace London NW1 4RP UK Phone: +44 (0)207 724 2912 Fax: +44 (0)207 706 2613 |
Web (en): www.orangutan.org.uk Email: click for contact form |
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Care for the Wild International The Granary Tickfold Farm Kingsfold RH12 3SE West Sussex RH12 3SE UK Phone: +44 (0)1306 627900 Fax: +44 (0)1306 627901 |
Web (en): www.careforthewild.com Email: click for contact form |
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Environmental Investigation Agency 62-63 Upper Street London N1 0NY UK Phone: +44(0)207 354 7960 Fax: +44(0)207 354 7961 |
Web (en): www.eia-international.org Email: click for contact form |
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Great Ape Project 714 North 97th Street Seattle WA 98103 Phone: 206-579-5975 |
Web (en): www.greatapeproject.org Email: click for contact form |
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Great Orangutan Project London Office: Way Out Experiences, Studio 6, 8 High Street, Harpenden, Herts, AL5 2TB, United Kingdom Malaysia Office Way Out Experiences Sdn Bhd. Unit 1206, Block A, Damansara Intan, Jalan SS20/27, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor,Malaysia Phone: ++ 603-7724 2272 (Malaysia GMT +8hrs) Fax: ++ 603-7724 2273 |
Web (en): www.orangutanproject.com/ |
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International Primate Protection League (U.K.) Gilmore House 166 Gilmore Road London SE13 5AE Phone: +44 (0)20 8297 2129 Fax: +44 (0)20 8297 2099 |
Web (en): www.ippl-uk.org Email: click for contact form |
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Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre Alison Cronin Longthorns East Stoke Wareham Dorset BH20 6HH Phone: +44 (0)1929 462537 |
Web (en): www.monkeyworld.org Email: click for contact form |
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Orangutan Protection Foundation Angel House 225 Marsh Wall Canary Wharf London E14 9FW United Kingdom Phone: 08456 521 528 |
Web (en): http://www.orangutanprotectionfoundation.org Email: click for contact form |
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Sumatran Orangutan Society Helen Buckland The Old Music hall 106-108 Cowley Road Oxford OX4 1JE Phone: +44 (0) 1865 403341 |
Web (en): www.orangutans-sos.org Email: click for contact form |
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World Society for the Protection of Animals 5th Floor, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HB United Kingdom Phone: +44 (0) 207 239 0500 |
Web (en): www.wspa.org.uk Email: click for contact form |
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WWF-International |
Web (en): www.wwf.org |
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