Orangutan

KATINGAN, Indonesia (AFP): The world's only known albino orangutan has been spotted alive and well in a Borneo rainforest, more than a year after she was released into the wild, conservationists say. Alba, a blue-eyed primate covered in fuzzy white hair, was taken in 2017 from a cage where she…

By Euronews Living last updated: 02/03/2020 last updated: 02/03/2020 In anticipation of World Wildlife Day on 3 March, eco-conscious clothing brand Pangaia has unveiled a new range of t-shirts to raise awareness of mammals in trouble.Some 25% of all beings threatened by extinction today are mammals, while 25% of mammal…

Campaigners in one british city are trying to halt a government plan to allow palm oil to be burnt in power stations to generate electricity, saying it is environmentally unacceptable.February 29, 2020 by Climate News Network Leave a Comment — By Alex Kirby LONDON – A UK Government plan to…

An aerial view of the Lower Sesan II Dam in Cambodia under construction. Sion Ang/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Three decades of rampant development and urbanization in China has taken a heavy toll on the environment. The air quality became some of the worst in the world, much of the…

2020-02-21 -- At least two China-backed infrastructure projects in Indonesia have been disrupted because of travel bans and shipments suspended because of the coronavirus outbreak, project managers said, while employees at an industrial park have been cleared to work after being quarantined. Thousands of Chinese nationals are constructing a high-speed…

NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Leif Cocks, President and Founder of The Orangutan Project (TOP), recently received the Medal of the Order of Australia, one of the country's highest honors, for his heroic work protecting critically endangered orangutans and the forests that sustain them.In the Australian honors system, the…

Leif Cocks awarded Medal of the Order of Australia for outstanding conservation efforts NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Leif Cocks, President and Founder of The Orangutan Project (TOP), recently received the Medal of the Order of Australia, one of the country's highest honors, for his heroic work protecting critically…

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I'm your mummy now! Proud 'foster mother' orangutan begins a new life in the wild with her adopted orphaned infant after they were freed from captivity in Indonesia and paired togetherMonti, 12, and Anggun, three, were released into jungle of Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park in West Borneo They were…

Hundreds of bird populations in India are collapsing, according to a major new report. Researchers using data collected by more than 15,000 birdwatchers examined trends over a 25-year period, and also over the last five years, and in both cases found numbers had declined overall. Over the last quarter of a…