Yesterday, Ashley Leiman, the Orangutan Foundation’s director, was in Jakarta for the launch of a new UNEP report which explains why investing in forests is win-win for communities, climate and orangutan conservation. Read the report, Orangutans and the economics of sustainable forest management in sumatra

Male Sumatran Orangutan – photo by Gail Campbell-Smith






Palm oil is eaten by 90% by people. That is the demand which endangers the last rain forests. What will happen if there are 3 billion more people on the planet, in a few years? Burning edibles as fuel is an erraneous attempt. Ethanol included. Orangutans are driven away because of business. . . palm oil kills orangutans.