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http://news.yahoo.com/prime-indonesian-jungle-cleared-palm-oil-065556710.html Prime Indonesian jungle to be cleared for palm oil Their former hero recently gave a palm oil company a permit to develop land in one of the few places on earth where orangutans, tigers and bears still can be found living side - by - side — violating Indonesia's new moratorium on concessions in primary forests and peatlands.

Prime Indonesian jungle to be cleared for palm oil Their former hero recently gave a palm oil company a permit to develop land in one of the few places on earth where orangutans, tigers and bears still can be found living side - by - side — violating Indonesia's new moratorium on concessions in primary forests and peatlands.

It is among the most biodiverse ecosystems ever documented by science, and it is the last place where orangutans, elephants, tigers, rhinos and sun bears still live together.»

Perhaps the greatest attractions in the island are Bukit Lawang, where orangutans swing freely through the surrounding forest, Lake Toba, a whopping great lake with an incredible island in the centre of it and Pulau Weh, a small island surrounded by incredible coral reefs and home to great budget accommodation overlooking crystal clear turquoise waters.

In the study, published on October 14 in PLOS ONE, Rutgers researchers found that the density of Bornean orangutans is almost two times greater in an Indonesian peat - swamp forest — just 39 miles from similar surroundings where orangutans must survive on thousands of calories less each day for most of the year.

• 3 days and 2 nights at Sepilok and Sukau Sepilok is where the Orangutan rehabilitation centre is found and staying at the Sepilok Nature Resort you will tour the centre and watch the semi wild orangutans coming in from the open jungle to be fed.

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A majority of those losses occurred in the intact or selectively logged forests where most orangutans live, primatologist...

The name P. tapanuliensis refers to three north Sumatran districts — North, Central and South Tapanuli — where no more than 800 of these orangutans inhabit several forested areas.

«This orangutan study is another critical piece of information we are assembling to support the Sabah government to determine where to save the most species in this super-biodiverse region of the world,» Asner added.

The island is also one of two places in the world where endangered orangutans, elephants, and rhinos live together.

A combination of genetic, anatomical, and ecological data convinced researchers that Pongo tapanuliensis, named for the Tapanuli districts where it is found, is distinct from the two accepted species of orangutan.

(This scaffolding is large enough to accommodate a sequence in which Darwin spends time with Jenny the orangutan at the London Zoo in 1838, three years before Annie's birth: she mimics his actions, shows human - like emotions, and provides apparent evidence for his then emerging theory — as well as a charming interlude where Darwin is young and curious and not tormented.)

One story in particular: the story of the orangutan, Jenny details the creature's plight from Borneo in Southeast Asia to the London Zoo where Darwin spent time with Jenny.

She has also visited Rwanda, Uganda and Borneo where she fulfilled her childhood dream of trekking with mountain gorillas, chimpanzees and orangutans in the wild.

Venture into the Kabili - Sepilok Forest Reserve to visit the orangutan rehabilitation center, where we'll join scientists to observe the morning feeding, learn about onsite projects, and visit the nursery.

The locals will take you into the jungle, where you'll wade through waters, and hike the hills before setting up camp to hear stories about Jackie the Bandit — the most famous of the resident orangutans.

We spent four amazing days with the awesome gang over at Sumatra Paradise where we hiked through the jungle as we came across wild Orangutans, Thomas leaf monkeys, and gibbons.

Scenic Highlights: Explore Bohorok National Park and search for orangutans, watch the sunrise from the top of a volcano, relax on an island resort, learn where famous Sumatra coffee comes from, soak in the natural hot springs

While you can easily do a day hike to see the Orangutans that live close to the entrance of the National Park, consider going on a full jungle expedition where you can interact with these animals naturally in the wild.

In Bukit Lawang, we spent a few days trekking deep in the jungles where we saw Orangutans.

Take the speedboat back to Sandakan and transfer to Sepilok Nature Resort, where you will stay for 1 night and visit the world famous Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre to witness the orang - utan feeding and enjoy displays and exhibits in the Information Centre.

Sukau is deep in the jungle where you will stay at the Sukau Rainforest Lodge, and on the river cruises you might spot orangutans in the wild as well as lots of proboscis monkeys, macaques, hornbills, crocodiles, snakes and even pygmy elephants!

The dive site was Baby Rock, where the dive guides, already spotted Bumphead Parrotfishes and a some macro life, like the Raja Ampat Denise Pygmy Seahorse, Orangutan Crab and a few lobsters.

I recently traveled for the first time to Taiwan, where I saw inspiring efforts to give a decent life to orangutans and other wildlife cast off by the exotic - pet trade and to collect and conserve rare tropical flora from around the world.

Relegated to ever smaller fragments of forest, wild orangutans began to face starvation as their food sources were depleted, forcing them to venture into newly established oil palm plantations where they feed on the young shoots of palms, destroying the tree before it produces any oil seeds.

via: The Jakarta Post and Biofuels Digest Palm Oil Greenpeace Activists Detain Palm Oil Tanker: Where Do Readers Stand On Direct Action Southeast Asian Paying High Environmental Cost for Palm Oil UN Says Palm Oil Industry is Wiping Out the Orangutan

Without consumer support for sustainable palm oil, including paying the slight premium that it fetches, the whole thing could come crumbling down, with potentially devastating consequences for the biodiversity of Borneo (where the majority of palm oil is produced) and the orangutan in particular, as well as climate change due to increasing carbon emissions when carbon - storing rainforest is turned into oil palm plantation.

This is a rare place where endangered Sumatran tigers, elephants, rhinos, and orangutans all live in the same ecosystem, and while some is marked as national park, other areas of the landscape have permits pending for deforestation by large logging companies.