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Gibbons Taiwan donates orangutans to mainland China
16/05/2013
A pair of orangutans was donated by Taiwan’s National Pingtung University of Science and Technology to Fuzhou Zoo in mainland China... Read more
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.
Read the Orangutan Foundation Factsheet (PDF file 54Kb)
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Archive of scientific articles: Click here to download and read Orangutan Working Group related articles.
Dear Mr President
The Great Apes Film Initiative (www.gafi4apes.org) has taken Patrick Rouxel's film 'Losing Tomorrow' on Roadshows throughout SE Asia to create awareness of deforestation, palm oil plantations and support local solutions. 'Dear Mr President' was created at the request of local communities who wanted to present the issues to their President.
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16/05/2013
Housing protected animals like orangutans, elephants and crocodiles, thousands of hectares are being deforested for farming and plantations... Read more
Canadian Mining Company Involved in Plan to Clear 1.2 million Hectares of Protected Forests
21/04/2013
CANADIAN MINING COMPANY ANNOUNCES INVOLVEMENT IN ACEH GOVERNMENT PLAN TO CLEAR OVER 1.2 MILLION HECTARES OF SUMATRA’S PROTECTED FORESTS... Read more
Orangutans cling on to last remaining tree as bulldozers destroy their home
06/04/2013
Orangutans get rescued from stripped forest by International Animal Rescue in West Kalimantan... Read more
Two more illegal pet orangutans confiscated from Tripa peat swamp forest area, Aceh, Indonesia
28/03/2013
On Wednesday morning (27th March) another two young orangutans arrived at the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme’s Orangutan...... Read more
Stop subsidising biofuel rainforest destruction
20/11/2012
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Organisations Involved
The following organisations are involved in the Orangutan Working Group.
Orangutan Foundation UK
Orangtuan Working Group Secretariat Ashley Leiman
7 Kent Terrace
London
NW1 4RP
UK
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
Fax: +44 (0)207 706 2613
Web (en): www.orangutan.org.uk
Email: click for contact form
Care for the Wild International
72 Brighton Road
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 5BU
UK
Horsham
West Sussex
RH13 5BU
UK
Environmental Investigation Agency
62-63 Upper Street
London
N1 0NY
UK
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
Fax: +44(0)207 354 7961
Web (en): www.eia-international.org
Email: click for contact form
Great Ape Project
714 North 97th Street
Seattle
WA 98103
Seattle
WA 98103
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
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/
Fax: ++ 603-7724 2273
Web (en): www.orangutanproject.com/
International Primate Protection League (U.K.)
Gilmore House
166 Gilmore Road
London SE13 5AE
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
Fax: +44 (0)20 8297 2099
Web (en): www.ippl-uk.org
Email: click for contact form
Monkey World Ape Rescue Centre
Alison Cronin
Longthorns
East Stoke
Wareham
Dorset
BH20 6HH
Longthorns
East Stoke
Wareham
Dorset
BH20 6HH
Orangutan Protection Foundation
Angel House
225 Marsh Wall
Canary Wharf
London
E14 9FW
United Kingdom
225 Marsh Wall
Canary Wharf
London
E14 9FW
United Kingdom
Sumatran Orangutan Society
Helen Buckland
The Old Music hall
106-108 Cowley Road
Oxford OX4 1JE
The Old Music hall
106-108 Cowley Road
Oxford OX4 1JE
World Society for the Protection of Animals
5th Floor, 222 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8HB
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
WWF-International
Web (en): www.wwf.org
