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THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST BUT DUE TO OTHER COMMITMENTS CONCERNING ORANGUTANS I AM NO LONGER ABLE TO KEEP THIS BLOG UP TO DATE. Please do ...

WAITING TWO MONTHS TO BE RESCUED BY THE BORNEO ORANGUTAN SURVIVAL FOUNDATION ...........a few hours down the road.

Where the orphan orangutan above needs to be and it's only a few hours away. The BOSF Samboja Lestari rescue centre.

Alive but in desperate need of help in January, but the CEO of BOSF refused to rescue this orangutan about three hours from their massive r...

One month later - DEAD because Togu Manurung, CEO of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) refused to ask his staff to rescue it....

How could an orangutan charity turn its back on helping orangutans like this one just three hours away from the BOSF rescue centre in Easter...

Bruised, tied up and caged: The desperate plight of starving orangutans forced ................. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-133...

Subject: FW: Video - The Sydney Morning Herald: BOSF top management in Australia - not Indonesia or Thailand. Be patient with the advertisem...

This was in 2006 when BOSF finally relented and accepted back 48 orangutans from Thailand. Current managment are even less enthusiatic and w...

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INDONESIA'S - AND THAILAND'S SHAME When Harry Santosa of the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry suggested offering 11 orangutans on bre...

These orangutans are held in horrific conditions on the 6th and 7th floors of a departmental store in central Bangkok. They barely see dayl...

A Thai Zoo poster telling the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry what it does not want to either see or hear. i.e. the truth. TO ENLARGE THE ...

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Abused and humilated in Safari World, Bangkok.

Subject: In Battle to Save Forests, Activists Target Corporations by Rhett Butler: Yale Environment 360 http://www.e360.yale.edu/content/fe...

Personal note: You can be sure the Indonesian palm oil people are introducing their own system (as opposed to complying with the RSPO) becau...

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Are Children's Publishers Destroying Rainforests? http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/...

The campaign against palm oil: The other oil spill The Economist An excellent article. http://www.economist.com/node/16423833 --------------...

http://www.wildasia.org/main.cfm/library/Palm_oil_journey an interesting insight. ------------------------------------------

Sabah government orders sand mining stopped http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/fmt-english/politics/sabah-and-sarawak/7217-sabah-government-or...

Canada funds climate fight in poorer countries http://www.france24.com/en/20100623-canada-funds-climate-fight-poorer-countries -------------...

Personal note: And still the US, Norway, Canada, Australia governments send their taxpayers money dressed up as 'aid' to Indonesia....

Migros won't cut palm oil supply contracts http://www.btimes.com.my/Current_News/BTIMES/articles/20100623152044/Article/index_html -----...

quote from the article "This year the field at the festival has a rainforest theme to highlight deforestation for palm oil, which is ki...

Unilever; Jamaican Me Crazy Ethical Consumption http://www.justmeans.com/Unilever-Jamaican-Me-Crazy/19350.html ----------------------------...

National Parks Are Zoos In Sarawak, Says State Wildlife Controller June 21, 2010 21:45 PM KUCHING, June 21 (Bernama) -- The national parks i...

Marc Bekoff Professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado Posted: June 21, 2010 The Huffington Post W...

If this report is to be believed, it is the first such sting and arrest I have ever heard of in Indonesia. It all sounds a bit to good to be...

Malaysia Under Watch On Practices Adopted For Palm Oil Production KOTA KINABALU, June 21 (Bernama) -- Malaysia, being a world leader as a pa...

For those who may see this act of kindness as the correct thing to do; IT IS NOT. Buying wildlife from traders creates more trade – seeing t...

Palm oil firms slippery - MP - Food - NZ Herald News http://www.nzherald.co.nz/food/news/article.cfm?c_id=206&objectid=10653560 --------...

I have heard today from the Public Complaints Bureau attached to the Prime Minister's office. They have said the Department for Wildlife...

Source: Stuff NZ – June 21, 2010 Some New Zealand food companies are being slippery about whether they use palm oil, according to a Green Pa...

Walt Disney said, “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” --------------------------------------------------

Although not in this instance, we are hearing more and more of orangutans being killed for bushmeat. ------------------------------------ BB...

This is good news I want to share with you. The area (Sintang) is way up in NW Kalimantan (Borneo), a place visited by COP and Nature Alert ...

Green-Savvy Judges Needed In Judiciary Source: The Jakarta Post – June 7, 2010 By Dina Indrasafitri Indonesia is in need of a fresh batch of...

Orangutan kickboxing sparks Thailand tourism, angers critics (Includes interview) http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/293363 -------------...

Indonesian farmers' fears over land schemes http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/nov/23/indonesia-farming ------------------------------...

RI should keep 72m ha forests ‘untouched’ http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/06/17/ri-should-keep-72m-ha-forests-%E2%80%98untouched%E2%...

Letter: Money does grow on trees Sat, 06/12/2010 10:13 AM The Jakarta Post Much has recently been written about the US$4 billion pledged t...

Personal note: Another Indonesian government fiasco ------------------------------------------------------------ People may not receive cash...

During this week I need to work on a special project with no interruptions, so please excuse me if there are no new postings here until next...

Palm Oil Industry Seeks Clarity From Officials Over Plantation Moratorium - The Jakarta Globe http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/business/palm-o...

If you are new to this Blog you might like to check out these published letters. http://www.thejakartapost.com/search/sean%20whyte ---------...

Orangutan rescue work in West Kalimantan (Borneo) http://www.internationalanimalrescue.org/uploaded/06071453450_daily-mirror-07jun10.pdf htt...

Thailand's kickboxing orangutans http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiQJ7dXEWgI -------------------------------------------

More funds may not mean better forest conservation http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/06/11/more-funds-may-not-mean-better-forest-conse...

More hotspots detected despite pledge to reduce forest fires The Jakarta Post http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/06/11/more-hotspots-de...

Sabah defacto guardian of three wildlife species http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=73010 --------------------------------------...

Palm Oil Firms Safe From Forest Moratorium http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/resources/palm-oil-firms-safe-from-forest-moratorium/378410 ------...

A female orangutan rescued this week by COP. She is about one year old. Her mother was killed five days ago by hunters working for the Khale...

Also rescued very recently by COP.

RI to receive first $200 million grant from Norway Aditya Suharmoko, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta Fri, 06/11/2010 Indonesia will receive the f...

Expeditions reveal environmental tragedies in Indonesia’s far-flung territories http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/06/11/expeditions-re...

Govt's pledge to reduce forest fires questioned The Jakarta Post http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2010/06/12/govt%E2%80%99s-pledge-red...

'Right of way' for wildlife Published on: Saturday, June 12, 2010 Tuaran: State Culture, Tourism and Environment Minister Datuk Masi...

Personal note: What we don't know is, what happens to confiscated animals and animal parts? My colleagues in Malaysia believe they are s...

If you scroll down the right sidebar until you see MIKE SWAIN VISITS BORNEO you will see a moving film. http://www.mirror.co.uk/video/ -----...

Fueled by Concerns of Illegal Logging, Forest Trust Helps UK Firm Import http://www.tft-forests.org/news-detail.php?newsid=309 -------------...

Journalist living in fear for his life after report on illegal logging http://en.rsf.org/indonesia-deforestation-army-threat-aceh-09-06-2010...

This zoo say's it is held legally accountable. It is not. In 2006 it was found with over 100, mostly young orangutans. 48 were confiscat...

Indonesia's 'trust deficit' http://www.straitstimes.com/BreakingNews/SEAsia/Story/STIStory_538284.html -------------------------...

Personal note: A shameful reply from the Co-Op to a supporter. There is no excuse for waiting until 2015 - there is plenty of sustainable pa...

SBY’s new hard act: To make REDD+ work Warief Djajanto Basorie, Jakarta Thu, 06/10/2010 Enlist NGOs. Engage local governments and local peop...