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Police grill 25 witnesses in orangutan killing case

The National Police have grilled 25 witnesses in the orangutan (pongo pygmaeus morio) and monkey killing case at Puan ...

RI govt urged to protect orangutans against palm oil plantation companies

The Center for Orangutan Protection (COP) has urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to instruct the Forestry ...

news focus: rainforest conservation, law enforcement crucial for orangutan`s survival

Indonesia is home to the world`s remaining population of critically endangered orangutans found on Sumatra and ...

Anti-oil palm industry campaigns must be countered

Industry Minister MS Hidayat said black campaigns against the oil palm industry must be countered because in reality ...

Kutai National Park hosts 958 species of flora

The landscape of Kutai National Park (KNT) is dominated by a Dipterocarpaceae lowland tropical rainforest and has ...

Stop orangutan skull trade

The Center of Orangutan Protection, a Non-Governmental-Organization, urged the society and the government to be ...

NGOs call for review of existing forest clearance permits

A coalition of Indonesian civil society organizations for forest protection here Thursday challenged President Susilo ...

Gunung Kidul plans to export long-tail monkey

Gunung Kidul district in Yogyakarta province, Central Java, plans to export long-tail monkeys (macaca fascularis) to ...

Seventy pct of primates in Indonesia on brink of extinction

Some 70 pct of precious stones in Indonesia are on the brink of extinction because of the serious damage of the ...

RI launches oil palm green product campaign in Europe

The Indonesian government has through the agriculture ministry launched an oil palm green product campaign in Spain ...

Thai govt regrets not to return orangutans to RI

The government of Thailand, the biggest recipient of smuggled orangutans, regretted for not returning the protected ...

Who needs to buy orangutans?

Orangutans are among the world`s most endangered and protected animal species yet in reality they continue to be the ...