Tag Conservation

AI: A New Frontier for Orangutan Conservation - Environmental News Nov 2023

Posted 08 Nov 2023 in Environmental News , Orangutan News , OURF News

As we embrace this year’s theme for Orangutan Caring Week, "Leveraging AI to Protect Orangutans and Global Biodiversity," we are ...

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OURF Volunteer Profile - Anthony Porter - OURF Volunteers Sep 2023

Posted 17 Sep 2023 in OURF Volunteers

Welcome!  My mission is to inspire others to preserve this beautiful planet through positivity and curiosity. I have been in ...

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Migrating orangutan males imitate locals to learn about food: Study - Orangutan News Jul 2023

Posted 24 Jul 2023 in Orangutan News

• Male orangutans that resettle to a new area appear to be imitating the behavior of a local individual in ...

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World’s newest great ape faces habitat loss, multiple threats: Will it survive? - Orangutan News Apr 2023

Posted 16 Apr 2023 in Orangutan News

• Scientists designated the Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) as a new species in 2017, and it was immediately noted as ...

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In Sumatra, increased orangutan sightings point to growing threats to the apes - Orangutan News Mar 2023

Posted 23 Mar 2023 in Orangutan News

• Villagers in the Batang Toru forest in northern Sumatra say orangutan sightings in their farms and settlements ...

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Deforestation in Borneo threatens one in four orangutans, study says - Orangutan News Jul 2022

Posted 26 Jul 2022 in Orangutan News

• Deforestation in Borneo will destroy the habitat of more than 26,000 orangutans, a quarter of the population of the ...

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Plantations threaten Indonesia’s orangutans, but they’re not oil palm - Environmental News Jul 2022

Posted 16 Jul 2022 in Environmental News , Orangutan News

• A significant portion of orangutan habitat in Indonesia lies within corporate concessions, but industrial tree companies, like pulp and ...

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How many orangutans does $1 billion save? Depends how you spend it, study finds - Orangutan News Apr 2022

Posted 02 Apr 2022 in Orangutan News

- A recent study evaluating spending on orangutan conservation, calculated to amount to more than $1 billion over the past ...

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The California Deforestation-Free Procurement Act Is Reintroduced In California To Protect Our Forests & Endangered Species - Environmental News Feb 2022

Posted 15 Feb 2022 in Environmental News

Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) and bill co-sponsors, Peace 4 Animals, Friends of the Earth, and SCIL announced the reintroduction ...

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The Orangutan Caring Scholarship Aims to Close the Gender Gap for Indonesian Women and Girls in Science - OURF News Feb 2022

Posted 12 Feb 2022 in OURF News , Student Ambassadors

It's International Day of Women and Girls in Science and the Orang Utan Republik Foundation is proud to sponsor the ...

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