Once the Orangutan Information Centre team has finished removing all the oil palms, they can begin the next stage of restoration, turning this land from a palm oil plantation back into a rainforest home for Sumatran orangutans and the other species who share their habitat.
Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS), Abingdon, Oxfordshire. 17K likes. Sumatran orangutans are critically endangered and without urgent action could be the first Great Ape species to become extinct. SOS...
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Sumatran Orangutan Society and Orangutan Information Centre: On 29th May 2012, an orangutan was spotted in a 3000 hectare oil palm plantation next to the Gunung Leuser National Park. The Human Oran...
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Ape Alliance as part of a coalition of organisations including the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS), Elephant Family, Orangutan Foundation, Save the Rhino, the Jane Goodall Institute and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) have produced a comprehensive factsheet to help consumers make informed choices, available online from Palm ...
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An area of the Leuser Ecosystem the size of 75 football fields has been illegally turned into oil palm plantations; the Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) have been given authorisation by the Gunung Leuser National Park authority to take chainsaws to the oil-palms and replace them with indigenous rainforest trees.
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OIC Press Release: Dramatic Rescue of Large Male Orangutan from Threatened Leuser Ecosystem - Orangutan Outreach Orangutan Rescue in the Land of the Chainsaw Trapped Orangutan With Gunshot Wound Is Rescued Just In Time - The Dodo Nirosha needs your help: STOP Using Palm Oil! The team from OIC quickly conduct a routine medical check up before relocating Friday the male Sumatran Orangutan, to a ...
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A giant SOS distress call has been carved into the landscape of an oil palm plantation in Sumatra by Lithuanian artist Ernest Zacharevic, calling attention to the ongoing destruction of Indonesia’s forests and the demise of iconic species such as the Sumatran orangutan. In early 2017 Ernest Zacharevic curated a series of unique art projects
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photo of rescued orangutan courtesy of Sumatran Orangutan Society (SOS) from the Dodo. A 30-year-old orangutan was weak and could hardly see when she was found on a palm oil plantation in North Sumatra Indonesia, desperate for help.
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Removal of illegal palm oil plantations, replanting and guarding the orangutans’ home territory along with education and public information campaigns are carried out by the Sumatran Orangutan Society and their partners in Sumatra, the Orangutan Information Centre.
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