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Protecting Orangutans in natural habitat deemed crucial

- as well as three females -- Borneos mother Buntok (12), Paijah (15), and Danida (13). All six of the orangutan ...

YOSL-OIC seizes and rescues 10 orangutans during January-March period

The Lestari Sumatran Orangutan Foundation-Orangutan Information Center (YOSL-OIC) has seized and rescued at least 10 ...

Six orangutans released back into wild

Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation in cooperation with Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation ...

90 percent of orangutans live outside preserved forests: BKSDA

Some 90 percent of the orangutan population are living outside preserved forests and are exposed to conflicts with ...

Government issues 37 mining business permits in Aceh: Walhi

The government has issued as many as 37 Contracts of Work/Mining Business Permits (KK/IUP) in Aceh Province, according ...

Indonesia committed to protecting seaweed and forest ecosystems

The government of Indonesia said it is committed to recovering balance in seaweed ecosystem and preserving its ...

Indonesia promotes sustainable palm oil in Norway

Indonesian Ambassador to Oslo Todung Mulya Lubis and Managing Director of Sustainability & Strategic Golden Agri ...

Indonesia disseminates information on palm oil to Norwegian public

A sustainable palm oil seminar was held in Oslo, Norwegia, to broaden understanding of the image and contribution of ...

Bio bridge initiative feared to be abandoned on PLTA project

The initiative to develop bio bridges for the habitats of Orang utans, Pongo tapanuliensis,in Tapanuli Selatan, North ...

Two missing tourists found in Tanjung Puting National Park

Two foreign tourists and a tour guide who had reportedly gone missing in the Tanjung Puting National Park (TNTP) in ...

Six more orangutans set free in forest habitat

The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) has marked the country's 73rd Independence Day commemoration by ...

Bosf to release 10 orangutans to Bukit Baka national park

The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) of Nyaru Menteng will release 10 orangutans to Bukit Baka Bukit Raya ...

More than 3,000 hectares of forests damaged in Aceh

More than 3,000 hectares of forests in the Leuser Ecosystem Area of Aceh have been damaged in the first six months of ...

Police name five people as suspects in killing of orangutan

The police in Kutai Timur, East Kalimantan, have named five people as suspects behind the death of an orangutan by ...

Deforestation threatens orangutan population

Environmental crimes such as illegal logging and conversion of rain forests into oil palm plantations are putting ...