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I hope to give you some basic information on orang-utans, and to highlight the dangers of losing them from the planet altogether.

The big problem is that their limited habitat is being limited even more by deforestation brought about mainly by the manufacture of palm oil for bio-fuel and cosmetics.

The pet trade has also got a lot to answer for. Mother orang-utans may be kkilled so that their babies can be offered as pets. Though illegal, this still goes on.

We have been so mean to our nearest relatives in recent times, but there are ways you can help stop the devastation.

Don't buy products containing palm oil unless you know they come from a legitimate source
Donate money to organisations that are working in the field
Donate some time to working for those organisations, either in the background, or in the field, which may mean going to Malaysia and/or Indonesia.

It is honestly pretty difficult to identify the products that contain the illicit palm oil. Not even their manufacturers may be aware of the source of the palm oil they use. However, some organisations, such as Friends of the Earth, have tried to identify the problem products. You can do your best - the rest comes down to companies and governments changing their ways.

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Adopt an Orangutan with WWF.

Adventure With a Capital “A”! - are you ready for an extreme challenge to rasie money for orang-utans?

An Immodest Proposition, or the Last Prejudice - Spanish government proposes life and freedom rights for great apes.

Animal Info - Orang-utan

Animal Planet episode on Orang-utan Island documentary, Jan 8th, 2008 - audio podcast episode.

Audley Travel - Tailor-made journeys - Feature: BBC One's 'Orang-utan Diary' " Orang-utan Diary

Australian Orangutan Project supports many orang-utan conservation organisations.

Baby joy for rescued orang-utan

Bali Travel.com: OrangUtan, Camp Leakey, Orang Utan Adventure, Pangkalanbun - Borneo Island

BBC - Saving Planet Earth - Orangutan

BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Bornean orang-utan

BBC NEWS | Americas | 'World's oldest' orang-utan dies

BBC TV - Orangutan Diary - series broadcast in Aprial 2007 showing the work of an orang-utan rehabilitation centre.

BBCIndonesia.com | Laporan Mendalam | Orang utan terancam manusia

Biofuel boom endangers orangutan habitat

Borneo Blog RSS Feed

Borneo Highlights | Borneo Tours

Borneo Orang Utan Survival Group Volunteers needed

Borneo Project Awarded 85,000 Euros from the Netherlands - boost to World Land Trust effortto protect the orang-utan habitat in Borneo. Also visit World Land Trust

Camp Leakey, Orang Utan Adventure Pangkalanbun - Borneo Island

Canon UK - Orangutan - get the pattern and instructions to build your own from paper.

'Chokolit' - the new handmade, delicious and environmentally aware British chocolate collection - no illegal palm oil, and you contribute to orang-utan projects as you buy.

Dine at Zoo's restaurant and help save orang utans - if you're in Auckland, NZ,, on Nov 9th, 2008, you could have a unique dining plus 'meet the animals' experience, and help survival funds for orang-utans.

Environment Weekly: Orang-utan protest from The Guardian. Has audio on this page, or you can subscribe to the podcast feed.

Everyclick - fundraise online for Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK - at no cost to you, you can use the Everyclick search engine to do your internet searches and raise money for BOS UK as you go.

Exploring Borneo Tropical Rainforest - orang-utan sanctuaries are just one of the many delights.

Films for Conservation includes material on orang-utans and gibbons. Also visit the connected Orangutan film Protection Project. Blog.

Five years to save the orang utan| Conservation | Guardian Unlimited Environment

Friends of the Earth: FAQs: I've heard that products containing palm oil are seriously damaging rainforests. How can I avoid such products?

Forests losing battle against plantations - this article shows the scale of deforestation in Indonesia.

Great Ape Trust Video Podcast RSS Feed - see, for example, Tour the Orangutan Home

How to Make a Difference: 5 Reasons to Stop Buying Products Made using Palm Oil

Indonesia's Endangered Orangutan: Palm Oil and Pet Trade Threaten World's Only Arboreal Great Ape

Indonesia's orangutans squeezed by biofuel boom - World Environment - MSNBC.com

Indonesian Cares Orang Utan

Is Telepathic Communication Possible? -- New Book Tells the Fascinating Tale of An Orangutan Who Communicates Telepathically With a Retiring Newspaper Reporter.

Jakarta Times: Dayak people call for a helping hand - people as well as orang-utans struggle to earn a living, even when they own the land.

Jungle Rescue: Saving the Orangutans - Willie Smits is on a mission to save the endangered orangutan. It's a straight vine from its survival to ours.

Kalimantan - Borneo - Indonesia tourism, wildlife, nature, accomodation....

Komodotours.com - discover Komodo, Flores, Sumba, Timor, Celebes, West Papua Islands, bali, bali hotels, bali resorts, bali villas, wildlife, dragon, national park, ecotours, bird watching, orang utan, bali hotels

Language and the Orang-utan: The Old 'Person' of the Forest, by H. Lyn White Miles

Linkinn Clever orang-utan - photos.

Malaysia Sepilok Orang Utan Photo Gallery - 25 high quality pictures - Stock photography, photos, pictures

Malaysian Palm Oil Producers Lead World in Adopting Strictest Sustainability Standards - United Plantations supply sustainable plam oil to america.

Malua Wildlife: Orangutans in the BioBank - environmental market may be more profitable than palm oil for Malaysia's Sabah State.

My orangutans sensed I'd had cancer - they were so gentl with me when I was weak - the story of Michelle Desilets of the Orangutan Survival Foundation UK and her cancer treatment, and some amazingly sensitive orang-utan behaviour.

New Britain Palm Oil to open UK refinery - growing demand for more ethical palm oil will dribve supply.

New deal to rescue Borneo orangutans in Malaysia - land being bought back from palm oil companies for forest refuge.

New threat to orangutan: Biofuel demand is endangering sanctuaries for apes on Borneo - even National Parks are not immune from encroachment by palm oil companies, thanks to corrupt and ineffective officials in Indonesia.

Not a job for the faint of heart.... - he never dreamed he'd be contributing to the zoo's sperm bank!

Oil palm plantations are no substitute for tropical rainforests - new study shows reductions in biodiversity when plantations replace forests - and it's unnecessary to cause the devastation.

Operation Orangutan: Adventures of Riley - one of a series of adventure books for the curious child, with many colour photos.

Orang utan - Wikipedia Also visit orang utan - Wikipedia bahasa Indonesia, ensiklopedia bebas

orang utan head count

Orang utan on IndonesianMusic.com.

Orangutan - visit Sumatra and Borneo - See Orang-Utans in Borneo and Sumatra before it's too late! Tour operator based Abergele, Wales.

Orangutan: Natural History Notebooks online from the Canadian Museum of Nature

Orang-utan information on WikiSpaces

Orang-utan project at Sepilok

orang utan Republik Education Initiative - Home

Orang Utan's Playtime Childrens Book - age 18 months to 3 years. Photography.

Orang-utan '08 Blog - Updates from the team of the Orang-utan '08 expedition from the University of Aberdeen. Atom Feed RSS Feed

Orang-utan communication is like charades - life - 02 August 2007 - New Scientist

Orang-utan enjoys the Journal - Grantham Today

Orangutan Foundation blog. Atom Feed RSS Feed

Orangutan Foundation UK

Orangutan Foundation International

Orangutan Foundation UK - How to Help

Orang-utan numbers declining sharply as forest makes way for palm oil farms

Orang Utan Project - volunteering at Sepilok Conservation Project.

Orangutan Sanctuarys in Borneo, Sarawak, Kuching - A Trip to the Mysterious Tropical Rainforest

Orangutan saviour supplies clean drinking water-newly-planted forest restores habitat and has some good side-effects.

Orangutan survival group seeks help - Mahal in Milwaukee - appeal for translators (German, Nordic languages, Indonesian).

Orang-utans and lion latest victims of China milk scandal

orang-utans.com

orang-utan-spear

Palm Oil Action Australian campaign site. Info, videos and calls to act.

PALM OIL PRODUCT LIST - put together to highlight the items that contain palm oil, and to encourage people to put pressure on the companies that use it.

Paul Young and Tony Hadley kick off NZ tour - not just 80s nostalgia, they're playing for Sumatran wildlife.

Pilot Guides.com: Wild man of Borneo: Sepilok Orang Utan Centre

Pledge to protect Sumatran fores - even the Indonesian government realises the problems that illegal forst clearance is causing.

primates.com : great apes : orang utan ; Pongo Pygmaeus

Protestors look to make a monkey out of Unilever - the Greenpeace protest of Spring, 2008. Unilever accused of destroying orang-utan rain-forest habitat to produce palm oil. Also visit Greenpeace orang-utans swing into action against Dove

RAN.org [The Problem with Palm Oil]: Palm oil companies - identifies American companies whose products allegedly contain problem palm oil.

Rise in weeks in certified non-rain forest palm oil - German optimism over certified palm oil.

RSPO - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil - promoting the growth and use of sustainable palm oil.

Rusti, the Orang Utan at Honolulu Zoo

Sabah, Borneo, Sabah tourism

Save the Orangutan - BOS UK - Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) has 4 major projects in Borneo, and needs your help to carry on its work.

Save the Orang-utans Forum - this is really a blog where you can post your views and activities. Atom Feed RSS Feed

Save The Tripa Swamps - Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme - written by Ian Singleton, Director of Conservation, Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme(SOCP).

Saiving the Heart of Borneo- the work ofo World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Sepilok Jungle Resort - Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre

Sepilok Nature Resort / Orang Utan Sanctuary - Sandakan - Reviews of Sepilok Nature Resort / Orang Utan Sanctuary - TripAdvisor

Sepilok Orangutan Appeal UK " Orangutan information

Sepilok Orang Utan Rehabilitation Centre

Sime Darby To Send First Shipment Of Traceable Palm Oil To Holland - sustainable palm oil headed for Europe.

Singapore Zoo has a large enclosure providing a habitat for 25 orang-utans.

Sumatra's dark, satanic mills - a Greenpeace photographer documents the Wilmar palm oil plantation and processing factory.

Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme(SOCP)  video aRSS Feed

Sumatran orang-utan now in serious decline

Swimming orang-utans' spearfishing exploits amaze the wildlife experts

The Body Shop Activist - Striving for social and environmental justice. Among the issues here is that of using orang-utans for boxing matches in Thailand. Atom Feed RSS Feed

The Great Orang Utan Project Blog - The Life of a Volunteer at Zoo Negara (National Zoo of Malaysia). Atom Feed RSS Feed

The MIPS Orang Utan cDNA Project

The Orangutan Conservancy | Wild Orangutan Protection | Orangutan Reintroduction | Orangutan Research & Education

The sights to see in Borneo including Sabah - Kota Kinabalu, Mt. Kinabalu, poring, Sandakan orang-utan rehabilitation centre, Selingan (Turtle) Island

UN says Palm Oil Industry is Wiping out the Orang Utan (TreeHugger)

Unilever targeted in orang-utan protest | Environment |guardian.co.uk

Vital lessons at orang-utan 'Oxbridge' - "The discovery of a group of privileged primates teaching each other sophisticated behaviour hints at the way human intellect has evolved"

Volunteer 4 Conservation - includes an article on Volunteer for the Orang-utan Tropical Peatland Project 2009. The site also has a video podcast (Miro required).

Vox.com - search for items tagged "orang-utan" - blog posts, photos, discussions, videos, etc.

World Atlas of Great Apes and their Conservation

World Land Trust: Orang-utan Appeal: Protecting Critical Corridors for Orang-utans in Borneo

WWF - Habitat Restoration for the Orang-Utan

WWF-UK: Orang-utans

YouTube Videos

101 East - Borneo's Orangutans - 2 Oct 08 - Part 1 from Al Jazeera English. Part 2
Adopt an Orangutan - WWF/adoptanorang.com
Birth of a baby orang-utan
Colchester Zoo Orang-utan
Endangered animals - Steve Leonard goes in search of a captive baby orangutan - BBC wildlife (Orang-Utan Diary)
Helping to capture a wild orangutan - Steve Leonard - My Life with Animals: BBC wildlife
Komodo dragon, Orang Utan...
Orang Utan - Man of Forest
Orang Utan preparing for going to bed
Palm Oil For Ape Blood
Part 3 BITL Orang-utan Just Hanging On
The orangutan in your shopping

Zoo's Orangutans Play Video Games - Atlanta Zoo's Sumatran orang-utans are a whizz with the touch-screen.

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