British Firm Accused of Bankrolling Indonesian Rainforest Destruction
June 23, 2009 - London. Hundreds of endangered Orangutans at risk; vital tsunami buffer zone under threat. A coalition of environmental groups has accused a British company of funding the imminent destruction of a critical area of Indonesian rainforest. The groups claim that, if allowed to proceed, the process would destroy a fragile tsunami buffer zone (1) as well as accelerate global climate change.
OURF Announces Scholarship and Fellowship Recipients for 2009
June 2, 2009 - Santa Monica, CA - The Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF), a Santa Monica-based conservation education nonprofit that supports the survival of wild orangutans in Indonesia, announced the recipients of its scholarship and fellowship program for 2009. Five Indonesian students from the island of Sumatra received the Orangutan Caring Scholarship while a student from Holland received the prestigious LP Jenkins Memorial Fellowship.
Orangutans Cannabalize Own Babies
May 21, 2009 - Earth News. Two female orangutans have been seen cannibalising the bodies of their recently deceased babies. Such behaviour has never before been recorded in any great ape species.
Paper Company Threatens Indonesia Orangutans
May 20, 2009 - JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - One of the world's largest paper companies plans to clear a large swath of unprotected forest in Indonesia being used as a sanctuary for critically endangered orangutans, according to environmental groups working in the area.
OURF Collaborates with SOS and Other Organizations in Orangutan Caring Scholarship
April 27, 2009 - Santa Monica. OURF President Gary Shapiro made the most of his trip to
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