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(1466) articlesBlockades to protect Penans' 'last frontier'
28 August 2007
One area is in Long Belok and Long Sayan in the Apoh region of middle Baram where a road blockade was re-erected on June 2…
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IJM Plantations to boost oil palm estates in Indonesia
28 August 2007
IJM Plantations to boost oil palm estates in Indonesia-IJM Plantations to boost oil palm estates in IndonesiaThe plantation arm of IJM Corp Bhd, a construction…
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Welfare of apes in captive environments: Comments on, and by, a specific group of apes
12 August 2007
Savage-Rumbaugh, S., Wamba, K., Wamba, P., Wamba, N. (2007). Welfare of apes in captive environments: Comments on, and by, a specific group of apes. Journal…
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Aceh War Blessing in Disguise for Orangutans
7 August 2007
This has helped the critically endangered mammals flourish, at least for now. "If the civil war hadn't happened and they all operate and clear the…
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Gorilla Warfare
6 August 2007
The rangers found the first corpse less than a hundred yards away, in a grove of vines and crooked thicket. The mammoth gorilla lay on…
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Palm oil workers killing endangered orangutans
26 July 2007
Hardi Baktiantoro, director of the Center for Orangutan Protection (COP), said at least 1,500 orangutans perished in 2006, most as a result of deliberate attacks…
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Meijaard E. & Wich S. (2007). Putting orang-utan population trends into perspective. Current Biology 17(14):R540 www.current-biology.com
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Mining giant to raze apes' forest home
15 July 2007
Documents obtained by The Sunday Times reveal that the Anglo-Australian group BHP Billiton plans to exploit mining rights across swathes of Borneo's tropical forests in…
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