http://www.orangutan.net Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 13 Aug 2010 23:04:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Orangutan Conservancy (OC) board member Dr. Rob Shumaker will be the featured speaker at a special premiere event on August 19 to commemorate the opening of the Red Ape Reserve exhibit at the Oregon Zoo. Shumaker will discuss his long-term studies regarding orangutan behavior and cognition, and will address the conservation ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/445 Orangutan encounter rates have fallen six-fold in Borneo over the past 150 years, report researchers writing in the journal Public Library of Science (PLoS One). Erik Meijaard, an ecologist with People and Nature Consulting International, and colleagues compared present-day encounter rates with collection rates from naturalists working in the mid-19th ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/440 Healthcare workers that care for more than 1,500 orphaned orangutans in rehabilitation centers across Indonesia and Malaysia are gathering this week for the Orangutan Conservancy (OC) 2010 Veterinary Workshop, which will be held August 2-7 in Medan, Sumatra. The workshop will focus on all aspects of captive orangutan care, with a ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/435 The chances of at least 10 orangutans stranded in Thailand of going home to their native Indonesia are looking increasingly slim because of financial constraints. The orangutans, which were brought to Thailand through illegal trade, are now being held at the Thai government’s Khao Phra rehabilitation center, about 100 kilometers outside ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/431 Conservationists, wildlife experts and government officials are set to meet today at an international conference in Bali to save the orangutan from extinction. The International Workshop on Orangutan Conservation, which will run through July 15-16 at the beachside resort town of Sanur, is aimed at stabilizing the habitat and populations of ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/428 Orangutans communicate intelligently using gestures, researchers have found. British scientists who spent nine months observing the great apes in three European zoos identified 40 frequently used body language signals. These were employed repeatedly to send messages such as "I want to play", "give it to me", "go away", "follow me", or ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/420 Seeking to unify the fragmented and limited conservation efforts currently underway in Borneo and Sumatra, Dr. Raffaella Commitante of the Orangutan Conservancy (OC) will make a case for effective partnerships with a paper entitled, “Methodology for Conservation: The Collaboration and Implementation to Succeed,” which she will present at the ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/416 The Orangutan Conservancy (OC) underscored its commitment to education and capacity development by selecting Reza Yogapermana of Indonesia as the inaugural winner of the Orangutan Conservancy Scholarship, which funds students dedicated to biodiversity education programs. Yogapermana will enroll in environmental engineering studies at Trisakti University in Jakarta. Yogapermana, 25, spent ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/413 Nestlé, the world's biggest food manufacturer, says it will make the palm oil in its best-selling chocolate bars more eco-friendly, after a guerrilla campaign against it on the internet. The Swiss confectionery-to-coffee giant said it was inviting a not-for-profit group to audit its supply chain and promised to cancel contracts with ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/410 Dayak tribesman Hanye Jaang didn't know it, but he used to be part of a multi-billion-dollar "mafia" that is ravaging Indonesia's forests and, scientists say, warming the climate. The wiry 36-year-old still cuts down trees but now he's doing it legally in a way that minimises damage to fragile forest ecosystems. "I ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/407