Orangutan

An orangutan and chimpanzee receive face masks after suffering from the smog caused by forest fires in Southeast Asia. The animals at the zoo in Songkhla province, southern Thailand, have been affected by the haze which has drifted over from Indonesia. The f…

Forest fires that have ravaged Indonesia since July have blanketed the region in a thick, toxic smoke cloud that has sickened people and endangered wildlife, amid accusations from neighbouring Malaysia that Indonesia's government is not doing enough to contro…

Forest fires burning through Indonesia are leaving Bornean orangutans, a critically endangered species of orangutan native to the island of Borneo and Indonesia, in harm’s way. According to The Telegraph, the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, a non-profi…

PENAJAM PASER UTARA, East Kalimantan: Long before Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced that the countrys capital will move from Jakarta to East Kalimantan, Mr Eko Supriadi knew that his sleepy hometown will one day play an important role in the country.…

Citation: Sloan S, Campbell MJ, Alamgir M, Lechner AM, Engert J, Laurance WF (2019) Trans-national conservation and infrastructure development in the Heart of Borneo. PLoS ONE 14(9): e0221947. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0221947 Editor: Thor-Seng…

Forest fires that have ravaged Indonesia since July have blanketed the region in a thick, toxic smoke cloud that has sickened people and endangered wildlife, amid accusations from neighboring Malaysia that Indonesias government is not doing enough to control …

Massive forest fires in Indonesia that have caused a toxic haze to spread as far as Singapore and peninsular Malaysia are also seriously affecting endangered orangutans and their habitat, a rescue foundation said Tuesday. Jakarta has deployed thousands of tr…

A toxic haze caused by raging forest fires in Indonesia is now starting to affect the health of endangered orangutans in Borneo, an animal welfare group has warned.  The fires, usually started by illegal burning to clear land for farming, have spread air pol…

The smoke wafting from fires in the tropical forests of Indonesiaforming plumes big enough to blot out the sky in Malaysia and Singaporeis a reminder of a global supply chain run amok. Whereas the devastating fires burning in the Amazon rainforest were set l…

Toxic haze from Indonesian forest fires closed thousands of schools across the country and in neighbouring Malaysia Wednesday, while air quality worsened in Singapore just days before the city's Formula One motor race. Illegal fires to clear land for agricul…