Save The Tripa Swamps – Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme
Ian Singleton, Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme’s (SOCP) Director of Conservation, has kindly written todays post for this blog to mark Orangutan Awareness Week 2008. This last few years we,...
View ArticleReply to comment – orangutans in zoos
Amy thanks for your question. Without entering into a debate about the value of zoos hopefully I can address part of your question. Stephen is currently very busy but he’ll hopefully blog again at the...
View ArticleDestruction of the Tripa Peat Swamp Forest – Orangutan Habitat
At the beginning of the 1990′s the Tripa Swamp Forests, on the west coat of Aceh (island of Sumatra) had approximately 1,500 Sumatran orangutans. Sumatran orangutans are listed as critically...
View ArticleOil boom threatens the last orang-utans
This article was published in the Independent newspaper today and covers the urgent situation in the Tripa Swamps, Aceh Sumatra. Read the full article with photos ‘Oil boom threatens the last...
View ArticleSumatran Orangutan Footage
Please follow this link to view a short piece on the Sumatran orangutans, with a focus on the Tripa Swamps, Aceh, Sumatra that appeared in Times.com....
View ArticleFingers crossed for Tripa – critical Sumatran orangutan habitat
We have just heard that it is very likely that the Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) concession in Tripa will close down! This was reported in a local news source (see below writen in Indonesian). Apparently...
View ArticleBlind female orangutan can now see her baby twins
Yesterday we received wonderful news from Ian Singleton from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme. Gober, a blind female orangutan, sucessfully gave birth to twins in January. Now, after...
View ArticleIndonesian court cancels oil palm plantation permit
We heard this morning that the High Court in Medan has ordered the Aceh Governor, Zaini Abdullah, to revoke a permit for an oil palm plantation in the Tripa peat swamps in Aceh province in the north of...
View ArticleUpdate on Tripa from Sumatra
Dr Ian Singleton, director of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP), has just sent some information about a new video (watch here) and article (read here) about the forthcoming NBC...
View ArticleGo Body Shop Trekkers!
Follow the second week of adventure at www.facebook.com/thebodyshopfoundation as Body Shop staff and volunteers trek through the Sumatran jungle in aid of our work. All money raised from the trek will...
View ArticleWhat is an orangutan?..
This week we take things back to basics… What animal are we helping to save , how and why? The animal About a million years ago, orangutans lived throughout much of eastern Asia, from Java in the...
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