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November 2, 2012 -China, India should cut tariff on eco-certified palm oil to boost demand, says RSPO official October 22, 2012 - EPA Visit, Let’s Have A Look At Oil Palm Plantations in Indonesia...
View ArticleSumatran Orangutan Crisis-Critically Endangered
For the last eight years, the Orang Utan Republik (first Education Initiative and now Foundation) has been working to address the Sumatran orangutan crisis, by providing local organizations on the...
View ArticleSan Diego Charter High School Partners with OURF to Inspire Students to Save...
2013 January 30- Santa Monica, CA. The non-profit organization, Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF), announced today a partnership with the King Chavez Community High School (KCCHS) yesterday to...
View ArticleSOCP confiscates another illegal pet orangutan captured on palm oil estate in...
20 February 2013 -Banda Aceh, Sumatra. A team from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP: comprising PanEco Foundation (Switzerland), Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) Aceh,...
View ArticleAmerican Consumers to Fight Global Warming with Their Wallets
22 February, 2013 - Seattle, WA -- (SBWIRE) – A new group calling itself Consumer’s Action for Sustainable Palm Oil is urging Americans to fight global warming and wildlife extinction by supporting...
View ArticleAceh plans to clear 1.2 million hectares of protected forest trigger alarm...
13 March 2013 - Jakarta - endoftheicons. An alarming admission from the chairman of the Aceh Government’s Spatial Planning Committee is fuelling serious concern over the potential illegal loss of 1.2...
View ArticleBanda Aceh hosts 2013 Orangutan Caring Scholarship Awards
25 March 2013- Banda Aceh, Sumatra- Orang Utan Republik Foundation. Six students from the city of Medan, North Sumatra, travelled overnight by bus to the city of Banda Aceh and joined six local...
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March 25, 2013 - Banda Aceh hosts 2013 Orangutan Caring Scholarship Awards March 13, 2013 - Aceh plans to clear 1.2 million hectares of protected forest trigger alarm over increase in landslides,...
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View ArticleOrangutan Lecture Series Planned for June 2013
1 May 2013 - Santa Monica, CA. Orangutan experts Leif Cocks and Gary Shapiro want you to "Hang Out for Orangutans" (and with them) as they give a series of illustrated lectures together in cities...
View ArticleGovernment to revoke concessions in customary forests
29 May 2013 - The Jakarta Post. The government has said it will revoke business permits it has given to companies operating in customary forests after the Constitutional Court annulled its ownership of...
View ArticleLeading Orangutan Organizations Unite to Fight the Extinction of the Orangutan
4 June 2013 - Joint Media Release- Perth, Australia; Santa Monica, CA; London, UK - The battle to save the closest relative to man is reaching crisis point. The orangutan species faces extinction due...
View ArticleSend Pongky back home to the forest
2 September 2013 - Change.org - The Medan Zoo in Sumatra has recently acquired two new residents – two male orangutans, confiscated from the illegal pet trade by the government conservation agency...
View ArticleOrangutan Caring Week – 10-16 November 2013
November 6, 2013 - Santa Monica, CA - Orangutans, the only great ape naturally found in the forests of Southeast Asia, face an uncertain future. Their rain forest home on the islands of Borneo and...
View ArticleRogue Palm Oil Company, Fearing Negative Ruling, Initiates Conflict with...
15 November 2013 - MEDAN, NORTH SUMATRA. A large demonstration initiated by controversial palm oil company Pt Kalista Alam, who is accused of illegally destroying some of the world’s most important...
View ArticleInternational Campaign supports Governor Aceh World Heritage Nomination and...
Aceh’s Governor is under pressure to sign a new regulation contravening Aceh Governance Law No 11 / 2006, that was mandated under the Aceh Helsinki Peace Accord, provoking international scientists,...
View ArticleIn precedent-setting case, palm oil company fined $30M for destroying...
9 January 2014 - Mongabay.com - In a precedent-setting case, an Indonesian court has found a palm oil company guilty of violating environmental laws and ordered it to pay $30 million in fines and...
View ArticleOne of the “World’s Most Irreplaceable Protected Areas” Under Threat as Aceh...
19 January 2014 - Jakarta / Indonesia- SOCP. On 27th December 2013 the Aceh Parliament dismayed local community members, NGOs and scientists around the world by passing a highly controversial new...
View ArticleIndonesia rejects, delays 1.3m ha of concessions due to moratorium
12 February 2014- Mongabay.com. The Indonesian government has rejected nearly 932,000 hectares (2.3 million acres) of oil palm, timber, and logging concessions due to its moratorium on new permits...
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