The REDD Ape

A documentary on orangutans and climate change - PanEco's contribution to the REDD-day in Copenhagen.

Orangutans and local communities have saved peat land and rainforest for millennia. Now short term economic greed is destroying it in decades, releasing huge carbon stores and threatening humanity itself. Caught into the middle of the public discourse "on what to do?" to save the climate, with no concrete actions, orangutans populations are quickly vanishing, a genocide. What might think the orangutans, probably the most intelligent non-human ape of its human cousin? This documentary of our partner PanEco provides a clear orangutan's answer.

"The REDD Ape" will be showed for the first time ever on Monday 14 around 3 p.m. in Copenhagen during the film festival at Danish Film Institute as part of the REDD day during the Climate Change Conference.

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Hope for Tripa

From November 2 to 4, the 7th annual meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil RSPO took place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Over all the meeting did not bring an agreement on vital questions. The members could not agree on any target or timetable regarding the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. On the other hand, ther's good news for SOCP: The moratorium on Bukit Tigapuluh was adopted and Dutch Rabobank is no longer financing the destruction of Tripa. Read the full report of PanEco's Peat Swamp Forest Programme Coordinator Denis Ruysschaert.

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Baby born in Quarantine Center

On July 13, Morgan Aqiqa was born in the Quarantine Center in Batu Mbelin! She is one of 8 new arrivals, who entered the programme between July and September 2009. In his latest report, Director Ian Singleton gives a short bio to each of them. Other highlights were the treatment of a clouded leopard at the BKSDA office in Aceh and the Orangutan Veterinary Workshop in Samboja Wanariset, East Kalimantan. Read the full report!

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New Programme for Batang Toru

PanEco and its Indonesian partner foundation YEL (Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari ) have started a new programme in Batang Toru. The "Forest Boundary Socialisation Programme" is a cooperation with the local NGO Perkumpulan SAMUDERA and the District Government of Central Tapanuli. It aims to prevent further encroachment into the West Batang Toru Forest Block which is home to one of the last substantial Sumatran orangutan populations.

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Orangutan u-walk

The students of Jakarta International School are preparing the orang u-walk, a sponsored walk to raise funds for the SOCP. Director Ian Singleton presented our programme and current activities to motivate and thank the students.




"Ape Crusader"

SOCP director Ian Singleton raises awareness while touring New Zealand and Australia. Watch this portrait on TV3!

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CNN documentation on reintroduction

Watch this new CNN photo-documentary about Peter Pratjes work in our common reintroduction center in Bukit Tigapuluh.

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