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Biodiversity: 400 more species threatened with extinction

Hyderabad - More than 400 additional plant and animal species have joined the list of endangered species, the so-called ‘Red List,’ it was revealed at the UN conference on biodiversity held this week.

In the Media by Robert Myles - 2 comments

Isolated orangutan rescued in Tripa before he could be poisoned

Banda Aceh - A lone adult male orangutan was rescued from an isolated forest fragment in the Tripa Peat Swamp forest yesterday after local informants told conservation groups that palm oil companies planned to poison him.

In the Media by Elizabeth Batt - 5 comments

Law enforcement in Tripa case 'hijacked' by corporations' power

Jakarta - Less than one week after a historic victory saw the Governor of Aceh finally revoke the license of an illegally operating palm oil company, a coalition of NGO’s claim that five more companies continue to destroy swamp areas inside Tripa, Indonesia.

In the Media by Elizabeth Batt

Op-Ed: Outrage as palm oil companies exterminate hundreds of orang-utans

Banda Aceh - Devastating fires deliberately set by palm oil companies in Indonesia may have killed hundreds of Sumatran orang-utans. And the land grab means the creatures may have only weeks or a few months, before disappearing forever.

In the Media by Elizabeth Batt - 9 comments

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