orangutan

Orangutan Island premieres in the UK on 26th May on Animal Planet. Click on this link to help.www.savetheorangutan.co.uk

The Sumatran Orangutan is critically endangered and the Bornean Orangutan's population is just 14% of 50 years ago. Their habitat is increasingly under threat due to illegal logging, forest fires, mining and most critically convertion of forest to palm oil plantations. Find out what you can do to help save the Orangutan!

World’s Oldest Orangutan Dies At Metrozoo

Indonesia is preparing a conservation programme to protect orangutans and their habitats in Borneo and Sumatra, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Monday at the World Climate Conference on Bali.

It is estimated that orangutans could be extinct in the wild within 12 years - and your choice of bread, chips, lipstick or soap is the cause. The rainforests in Borneo and Sumatra and elsewhere are being cleared to make way for plantations growing palm oil, a cheap ubiquitous ingredient in many foods and cosmetics, and a major bio-diesel crop.