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2017-10-02  |  In News

Growing threats to watch in Batang Toru forests, home to unique orangutan population

We are facing a serious challenge in Sumatra, where a large new hydrodam project threatens to damage the Batang Toru Ecosystem, home to a genetically unique Critically Endangered population of orangutans. The Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) has been working on protection of this forest ecosystem and its orangutans for more than a decade. Not […]

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2017-10-02  |  In News

August 2017 rescue and translocation of adult orangutan male from Tripa Peat Swamps

Some more info and photos from the rescue and translocation of orangutan ‘Black’ from the Tripa Peat Swamps to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) Reintroduction Site in the Jantho Nature Reserve, Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia. Important to note this from the article: “The Indonesian government filed a lawsuit against palm oil firm P.T. […]

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2017-10-02  |  In News

SOCP Director Dr. Ian Singleton nominated for 2018 Indianapolis Prize!

We are very proud to have Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) Director Ian Singleton nominated for the prestigious Indianapolis Prize!   http://www.indianapolisprize.org/sites/prize/the-heroes/2018/   ​​​​​​​​​The 2018 Indianapolis Prize Winner ​Stay tuned! The next Indianapolis Prize Winner will be announced from a special location this spring! The 2018 Indianapolis Prize Finalists ​Follow the Indianapolis Prize on Facebook and […]

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2017-10-02  |  In Media Releases, News

First wild infant born at Sumatran Orangutan Reintroduction Centre in Jantho, Aceh

We are very happy to announce the first wild infant birth at the SOCP Jantho Reintroduction Centre!   Please see a press release concerning this below, as well as media coverage from Mongabay here: First orangutan birth in Aceh reserve ‘gives hope’ for survival of species   Marconi yang Kini Tidak Hidup Sendiri Lagi   […]

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Being delivered at processing plant, harvested palm oil fruit grown to be exported to the west for use in processed food stuffs, cosmetics, household cleaning products and more. Palm oil plantations are cutting down and burning primary and secondary forests vital as habitat for wildlife including the critically endangered Sumatran and Borneo orangutans, Sumatra, Indonesia
2016-07-28  |  In News

Study concludes conservation NGOs might be better off working outside RSPO

Study suggesting NGOs reconsider their relationship to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). On a related note, SOCP Founding Partner the PanEco Foundation resigned its membership to the RSPO in May 2016. Study concludes conservation NGOs might be better off working outside the RSPO

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2016-07-28  |  In Media Releases

Four new ex-captive orangutan intakes to SOCP on one day in July

This evening, 27 July 2016, we received 3 infant orangutans, estimated to be 11-12 months old, and 1 juvenile orangutan, estimated to be 4 years old. Yesterday, teams from Jakarta Animal Aid Network (JAAN), Centre for Orangutan Protection, and BKSDA arrested a major supplier of orangutans in Aceh, confiscating the young orangutans and bringing them […]

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2016-06-07  |  In News

PanEco resigns from RSPO over ‘sheer level of inaction’

On the 10th of May 2016, the PanEco Foundation submitted its letter of resignation to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The decision to leave was based on multiple underlying reasons, with the most recent being the passage of a resolution that we feel forces members to blindly promote the RSPO and promote to […]

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