Orangutan

JAKARTA IS bursting at the seams. Around 10m people squeeze into Indonesia's chaotic capital, with another 20m in the surrounding metropolitan area. Rapid urbanisation and a woeful lack of buses and trains have left the roads heavily jammed. In 2016, a survey…

When considering Indonesia as a family vacation destination, you probably think of Bali. This is a great option, but only one of Indonesia’s 17,508 islands. While only around 6,000 of these are inhabited, this still leaves you with enormous travel possibiliti…

Residents carry their belongings with a raft through the flood in Bengkulu, Indonesia, April 27, 2019. ANTARA FOTO/REUTERS Jakarta, Indonesia -- Floods and landslides from torrential rains in Indonesia have killed at least 31 people and displaced thousands …

For many consumers, palm oil has become synonymous with environmental devastation in Southeast Asia. The industry has brought mass deforestation to the region, shrunk orangutan habitat beyond recognition and compromised local livelihoods. Indonesia, in the pr…

IMG The islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java were once part of a much larger landmass connected to Asia called Sundaland. But there are some species that are unique to each island today – such as the two species of orangutan – so in research, published today i…

"It can be difficult sometimes for people to see the similarities between humans and orangutans," Cocks said. "I've spent the majority of my life with these great apes and witnessed their humanity many times. We are all Great Apes. Orangutans and humans share…

Czech Republic's President Milos Zeman speaks during the inaugural Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing Sunday, May 14, 2017. © 2019 Lintao Zhang/Pool Photo via AP (New York) The Chinese government should ensure the projects it finan…

For a species that fancies itself superior to anything else on the planet, we humans sure have done a lot of messed up stuff to the rest of the life that calls Earth home. It’s often easy to ignore the cost of human “progress” when you’re benefiting from it, …