Working Groups - Orangutan
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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Dear Mr President
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Science news & articles relating to the Orangutan Working Group.
Indonesia police arrest 2 in orangutan killings
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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Palm oil, pulp companies commit to zero-tolerance policy for orangutan killing
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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Scene: Govt ‘slow’ to solve orangutan killings case
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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Orangutan Working Group - Organisations
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 |