http://www.orangutan.net Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:34:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From treks through the jungles of Sumatra to musical experiments at the Saint Louis Zoo, author Shawn Thompson examines all aspects of orangutan culture and conservation in his new book, The Intimate Ape: Orangutans and the Secret Life of a Vanishing Species (Citadel Press), which will be launched at an ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/386 Countries across south-east Asia are being systematically drained of wildlife to meet a booming demand for exotic pets in Europe and Japan and traditional medicine in China – posing a greater threat to many species than habitat loss or global warming. More than 35 million animals were legally exported from the ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/381 Almost half of the world's primate species – which include apes, monkeys and lemurs - are threatened with extinction due to the destruction of tropical forests and illegal hunting and trade. In a report highlighting the 25 most endangered primate species, conservationists have outlined the desperate plight of primates from ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/378 The Great Apes Film Initiative (GAFI) and the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) will present Patrick Rouxel's `Losing Tomorrow', a poetical film on the habitat of orangutans and an insight into the logging industry in Indonesia, and `Dear Mr President', a short film created at the request of local communities in ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/375 The Malaysian palm oil industry has been broadly accused of contributing to the dramatic decline in orangutan populations in Sabah, a state in northern Borneo, over the past 30 years. The industry has staunchly denied these charges and responded with marketing campaigns claiming the opposite: that oil palm plantations can ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/367 The European Commission and some EU member states hope to redefine palm oil plantations as "forests," according to a leaked document from the EU executive. Rules governing the use of biofuels were supposed to be designed to sort out the sustainable versions of the technology from their dirtier cousins following a ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/363 The Orangutan Conservancy (OC) wishes to extend its heartfelt sympathy to the friends and family of Lucy Wisdom, the founder of the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS), who passed away on Dec. 19 following a lengthy illness. Wisdom was 53. Wisdom first became involved with orangutan conservation in 1994, and established the SOS ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/349 http://www.orangutan.net/archives/344 As we drive through central Sumatra, what looks like a scene from some apocalyptic movie where an unknown force has obliterated all life on earth unfolds before us. The land is tinted a sick gray. Some parts still smolder. Twisted hulks of tree trunks take on abnormal shapes. A dark black ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/337 The Orangutan Conservancy (OC) encourages all supporters to take part in “Orangutan Caring Week,” an annual review of the crisis facing orangutans, which will be staged Nov. 8-14 at zoos, museums, universities and civic halls around the world. “Orangutan Caring Week” was created by the Orang Utan Republik Foundation, and is ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/330