http://www.orangutan.net Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:37:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en You might know Rocky, one of the most media-exposed orangutans. Perhaps you saw him with Fergie in a spread for Elle magazine's July 2007 Music Issue. Or maybe you recall him in a tiara in a Capital One credit card commercial. But you probably won't be seeing orangutans on the television ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/95 The IUCN Red List of primates makes grim reading, says Conservation International president Russell Mittermeier. In a recent edition of BBC’s “Green Room,” he says the sooner we listen to the message that our closest living relatives are telling us, the longer we have to save ourselves. “Monkeys and apes are ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/93 A global review of the world's primates says 48% of species face extinction, an outlook described as "depressing" by conservationists. The World Conservation Union (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species says the main threat is habitat loss, primarily through the burning and clearing of tropical forests. More than 70% of primates ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/91 Tiger skins, orangutans and rare caged primates openly sold at markets in the heart of Indonesia's capital are the most brazen and visible aspect of a thriving illegal wildlife trade. Indonesia is struggling to take on a multi-million-dollar industry that is stripping the archipelago nation's vast forests of endangered species for ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/87 New findings by the Borneo Conservation Trust (BCT) show that orangutans are surviving in pockets of forest within the oil palm plantations in Sabah and that it is possible for the orangutans to travel and live within the plantations. "This initial finding is part of the effort to realise our goal ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/85 The Orangutan Conservancy, which helped broker the negotiations with Hollywood animal trainers that resulted in the donation this week of six orangutans to the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, hailed the deal as a positive step for conservation. The first two orangutans – a 19-year old female named Katy (pictured above) ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/82 JAKARTA -- The leaders of Indonesia and Brazil have agreed that their developing nations, home to much of the world's remaining tropical forest, would cooperate on biofuels after talks covering climate change and food. The two nations signed an agreement on July 12 for Indonesia to send experts to Brazil to ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/77   The Government of Indonesia will lodge a formal protest against Yale University over its newly released environmental performance index (EPI) report, which ranked Indonesia among the world's least environmentally friendly countries.   The university's EPI report, published in Newsweek's July 7-14 edition, ranked Indonesia 102nd out of 149 countries, mainly because of ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/75 A three-part series that follows the difficult transition of an infant orangutan from a Colorado Zoo to his new home at the Milwaukee County Zoo debuted on July 5 in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel newspaper, and cast that struggle against the obstacles facing orangutans in the wild. “Ambassador Mahal: Face of ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/69 Endangered wild orangutan populations are declining more sharply in Sumatra and Borneo than previously estimated, according to new findings published this month by Great Ape Trust of Iowa scientist Dr. Serge Wich and other orangutan conservation experts in Oryx – The International Journal of Conservation. Conservation action essential to survival of ... http://www.orangutan.net/archives/65