Please be sure to hear what Ian had to say about the work of the SOCP, including the efforts to save the newly identified species of orangutan, Pongo tapanuliensis, at this link!: Your Call’s One Planet Series: A new Orangutan species is facing possible extinction There is also a video of the conversation available […]
PRESS RELEASE Second wild infant born, the first female, at Sumatran Orangutan Reintroduction Centre in Jantho, Aceh From: Balai Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Aceh (BKSDA Aceh, Aceh Provincial Conservation Agency of Indonesia’s Ministry of Environment and Forestry) Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari – Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (YEL-SOCP) November 7th 2017, staff of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation […]
Please find below some brief information regarding the newly described species of orangutan, Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis)! Again available in both the Indonesian and English languages.
Here we welcome you to read more about the Batang Toru Ecosystem, in both English and the Indonesian languages!
We’re extremely happy and proud to share the news of the new species of orangutan down in Batang Toru, where we have been working since 2005/6 to study the orangutan population and conserve their forest habitat. Read more here and at www.batangtoru.org!!!
