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Bridging a mate for orang utans

16 September 2007

Bridging a mate for orang utans By : Jaswinder Kaur Pigtail macaques crossing the Sungai Menanggul with the help of a double-rope bridge. - Picture… Read more...

Indonesia betting on biofuel crops as its regal forests dwindle

15 September 2007

By Samantha BrownAFP, JAKARTA Saturday, Sep 15, 2007, Page 9 They caution that oil palm plantations require massive swathes of land -- either what's… Read more...

Indonesia beckons foreign palm oil companies

13 September 2007

The Star online, Malaysia, Thursday September 13, 2007 Overseas firms should buy new land and cultivate oil palms, the fruit of which is crushed to… Read more...

Cashing in palm oil for conservation

29 August 2007

Koh L. P. & Wilcove D. S. (2007). Cashing in palm oil for conservation. Nature 448: 993-994 www.nature.com Read more...

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… Read more...

Blockades 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… Read more...

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… Read more...

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… Read more...