Support our campaigns on critical issues which threaten the orangutans' last remaining habitat.
Palm Oil/Biofuels
The expansion of palm oil plantations into high conservation value forests is now the number one threat to wild orangutans in Sumatra and Borneo. The Indonesian palm oil industry has announced that it intends to expand plantations rapidly in order to meet growing worldwide demand for palm oil as a biofuel.
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Road Networks
The Indonesian government has agreed to build a network of roads through the immensely important ecological area of the Leuser Ecosystem, which contains the Gunung Leuser National Park, and is the last stronghold for the Sumatran orangutan.
Illegal Trade
The illegal trade in orangutans in Indonesia continues to be an activity that is decimating remaining wild populations. Whilst frequently a by-product of logging and clear cutting for plantations, the illicit trade requires the killing of the mother orangutan to obtain the infant ape. It is estimated that for every orangutan orphan that is sold at the marketplace on Java, Bali or a foreign land, six to eight orangutans die in the process of capture and transport. This horrific trade must stop if we are to ensure the survival of wild orangutans.
Click here to download a petition asking the Indonesian government to enforce the existing laws that protect orangutans, and put a stop to the illegal trade of protected species.