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Forest fires threaten endangered animal species

The ongoing land and forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan have put the lives of endangered animal species there on ...

Orangutans need immediate protection

The world celebrated International Orangutan Day on August 19 to recognize the great ape and to help encourage the ...

Indonesia ministry handling 27 cases of wildlife-related crimes

The Indonesia environmental affairs and forestry ministry is handling 27 cases of protected wildlife-related crimes, ...

Salat Nusa Island to be transformed into new orangutan habitat

The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation plans to make Salat Nusa Island in Pulang Pisau district, Central ...

Bioterrorism exists in Indonesia: researcher

A professor of Airlangga University in Surabaya, East Java province, believes that bioterrorism is prevalent in ...

PT. Rimba Raya Conservation Acquires Tree Seeds from The Local Community for The Replanting Program

On the mid of December 2014, PT. Rimba Raya Conservation (PT RRC) has once again purchased a various kinds of tree ...

PT Rimba Raya Conservation Hands Over Village Development Funds to Village Chiefs of Sungai Perlu and Tanjung Rengas Villages

- On, Dec. 23, 2014, PT Rimba Raya Conservation (PT RRC) handed over the Village Development Funds to the village ...

PT Rimba Raya Conservation Dedicated to Recovering the Forest Conservation in Indonesia

- At the time when the condition of Indonesian forest hits the alerting level caused by the overexploitation committed ...

Bill Clinton Visits The Work Area of PT. Rimba Raya Conservation and Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting

- Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States, along with the 60-people entourage of the Clinton Foundation, ...

PT. Rimba Raya Conservation Distributes Water Filter in Seruyan Regency, Central Kalimantan

- PT. Rimba Raya Conservation (PT. RRC) on May and June 2014 has already distributed 750 units of water purification ...

PT. Rimba Raya Conservation Hands Over the Community Development Funds to Four Villages in Seruyan Regency

- Four of nine villages in Seruyan Regency have received the Village Development Funds as a realization of the ...

BOS releases 12 orangutans to natural habitat

The Borneo Orangutan Foundation (BOS) has released 12 orangutans from its rehabilitation center in Nyaru Menteng to ...

Orangutan tortured in Surabaya zoo video goes viral

A video titled "Abuse of Orangutan at Surabaya Zoo", of duration one minute 15 seconds, went viral on the Internet ...

20 orangutans released into protected forest in Central Kalimantan

The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation has once again released 20 orangutans - 13 female and seven male - into ...

Legal Process of Surabaya "Death" Zoo Case Begins

The Surabaya Zoo tragedy has dragged on too long, making the zoo notorious internationally for its cruelty. The zoo ...