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Featured Story: Lindsey's trip to Sumatra - Environmental Blog Jan 2024

Posted 27 Jan 2024 in Environmental Blog , OURF Volunteers

Lindsey Mitchell, one of OURF's dedicated volunteers, visited Sumatra in late 2023 and has an amazing story to ...

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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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Fight for survival: The battle to save the last Tapanuli orangutans - Orangutan News Jun 2023

Posted 04 Jun 2023 in Orangutan News

• The Tapanuli orangutan was described in 2017 as a new great ape species, and with a population of less ...

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Groups welcome decline in deforestation in Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem - Environmental News Jan 2022

Posted 05 Jan 2022 in Environmental News

Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem experienced a decline in deforestation in 2021, after an increase in forest loss in 2020 linked to ...

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Deforestation of orangutan habitat feeds global palm oil demand, report shows - Orangutan News Jun 2021

Posted 26 Jun 2021 in Orangutan News

- Palm oil giant Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) has allegedly sourced the commodity from a plantation responsible for deforesting prime ...

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Historical data point to ‘imminent extinction’ of Tapanuli orangutan - Orangutan News Jan 2021

Posted 28 Jan 2021 in Orangutan News

 - A new study indicates that the Tapanuli orangutan, already the world’s most threatened great ape species, faces a much ...

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