Bart W van Assen | Orangutan Land Trust

Drivers of Deforestation in Borneo and Kalimantan

Historically, forest exploitation (for timber) and forest conversion (for coffee, paper & pulp, rubber, tea, etc) have been the leading causes

by Jane Griffiths & Emma Lokuciejewski

The Sumatran orangutan is a species of great ape found only on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia. They are one of three species of orangutan, with t

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"Orangutans' habitats are under threat of deforestation for production of palm oil, processed in food & beauty products. An easy aid? Only buy fr

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Dr Erik Meijaard has worked as a forest conservation scientist in Indonesia since 1992. He has broad research interests, ranging from mammal taxonomy

Dr Marc Ancrenaz is the Founder, Director and lead researcher for Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Project, and Co-Founder and Scientific Director