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We can ALL do this together to make this work.
On our own,
we may not be able to create change.
But, many drops can carve a stone.
TOGETHER we can.save the orang-utans~~
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Saturday, October 16, 2010
Overview- How what we do affects orangutans
An overview of just HOW we affect orangutans, is that we destroy their home and sell them as pets.
We destroy their homes, which are the rainforests and trees. We cut these down for our benefit. This will also increase global warming.
We sell them as pets. Hunters kill the mothers and sell the babies as pets.
We destroy their homes, which are the rainforests and trees. We cut these down for our benefit. This will also increase global warming.
We sell them as pets. Hunters kill the mothers and sell the babies as pets.
'We may be nice to see,In BBC's video, baby orangutan Kezi lost it's hand and had a cut straight through her leg. This was because when the hunters wanted to take Kezi from her mother's dead body, Kezi would not let go, leading to the hunters cutting her hand off. Is this really what nature had meant for them?
nice to hold,
but we're not pets,
don't get me sold.'
Is this really what nature intended for them?
Meet our furry friend.
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Hi folks!
Are you happy in your comfortable homes?
Do you ever worry about being chased out of your homes?
Are your stomachs warm and full?
Do you ever worry about not finding enough food?
Do you feel safe?
Do you ever have to worry about a bullet finding you?
Do you ever wonder why we look so patient?
We are waiting for you to think about us.
Friday, October 15, 2010
Why and How we can help Orang-utans
Orang-utans are native to Asia. These great red apes are on the brink of extinction because of the actions of us humans. According to ScienceDaily, — Indonesia’s new 10 year action plan for conserving orangutans will have important benefits in mitigating climate change, according to WWF .
How you can help. Kids can help by the simple guidelines here. We can also donate money to WWF and do fundraising for donations. You can also launch campaigns against logging, oil palm plantations and such.
How you can help. Kids can help by the simple guidelines here. We can also donate money to WWF and do fundraising for donations. You can also launch campaigns against logging, oil palm plantations and such.
Forest Fires- How it affects Orang-utans
Conservationists in Indonesia have warned that fires set to clear land have killed and injured hundreds of endangered orangutans. Environmentalists are also concerned the burning of rainforest and peat bogs is contributing to global warming. Widespread fires in Indonesia have claimed millions of hectares of land this year on Sumatra and Kalimantan - the Indonesian part of Borneo - destroying sensitive wildlife habitat and spewing out a thick haze that has choked neighbouring countries.
Palm oil companies, loggers and farmers set fires during the dry season each year to prepare land for crops, but the blazes often rage out of control. The area destroyed this year was some of the only remaining habitat left for orangutans, a protected species with a rapidly declining population. The only great apes living outside Africa, orangutans can only be found on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, which is divided between Indonesia and Malaysia.
According to Willie Smits, coordinator of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, time is running out for the endangered primates. He said, ‘The populations are all extremely threatened because of the fragmentation of the forest. You need a minimum of three thousand orangutans to have a thousand year chance of survival and that forest has to stay intact in one big piece. There’s only two or three years left in which we can prevent that or these remaining populations are going to become extinct.’ Smits says that only one in three orangutan young are estimated to live to maturity, and mothers only give birth on average once every eight or nine years.
Source: http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/borneo-fires.html#cr
Palm oil companies, loggers and farmers set fires during the dry season each year to prepare land for crops, but the blazes often rage out of control. The area destroyed this year was some of the only remaining habitat left for orangutans, a protected species with a rapidly declining population. The only great apes living outside Africa, orangutans can only be found on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo, which is divided between Indonesia and Malaysia.
According to Willie Smits, coordinator of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, time is running out for the endangered primates. He said, ‘The populations are all extremely threatened because of the fragmentation of the forest. You need a minimum of three thousand orangutans to have a thousand year chance of survival and that forest has to stay intact in one big piece. There’s only two or three years left in which we can prevent that or these remaining populations are going to become extinct.’ Smits says that only one in three orangutan young are estimated to live to maturity, and mothers only give birth on average once every eight or nine years.
Source: http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/borneo-fires.html#cr
Illegal Pet Trade and Hunting- How it affects Orang-utans
More than 500 of Borneo’s orangutans are trafficked illegally in the Indonesian market every
year, while rampant hunting is predicted to threaten to make the species extinct in the next 50 years, said an activist.
“Those traded are their babies. Hunters kill the mothers in order to catch them,” said Arbi Valentinus of the Orangutan Conservation Service Program (OCSP).
Valentinus said that if the orangutan hunting was not stopped, the species would extinct in the next 50 years. It is estimated that the orangutan`s habitat in the Kalimantan region continues to decrease by about 3 sq. km. per year, making the animal one of the endangered species
An orangutan expert from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jito Sugardjito, said there were only four great ape species in the world, three of which were found in Africa while the other one in Indonesia and Malaysia, namely orangutans. Recent estimates indicate that approximately 63,000 orangutans remain in the wild.
(Sources: Antara , Xinhua, OC staff)
Source: http://www.orangutan.net/archives/147
year, while rampant hunting is predicted to threaten to make the species extinct in the next 50 years, said an activist.
“Those traded are their babies. Hunters kill the mothers in order to catch them,” said Arbi Valentinus of the Orangutan Conservation Service Program (OCSP).
Valentinus said that if the orangutan hunting was not stopped, the species would extinct in the next 50 years. It is estimated that the orangutan`s habitat in the Kalimantan region continues to decrease by about 3 sq. km. per year, making the animal one of the endangered species
An orangutan expert from the Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jito Sugardjito, said there were only four great ape species in the world, three of which were found in Africa while the other one in Indonesia and Malaysia, namely orangutans. Recent estimates indicate that approximately 63,000 orangutans remain in the wild.
(Sources: Antara , Xinhua, OC staff)
Source: http://www.orangutan.net/archives/147
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Illegal Logging -How it affects orangutans
Illegal logging negatively impacts the economic and ecological systems of optimal forest management. According to the text of the 1998 G-8 meeting held in Birmingham on forest management, “illegal logging robs national and subnational governments, forest owners and local communities of significant revenues and benefits, damages forest ecosystems, distorts timber markets and forest resource assessments and acts as a disincentive to sustainable forest management. International trade in illegally harvested timber including transfer pricing, under invoicing and other illegal practices, exacerbates the problem of illegal logging.” The magnitude of illegal logging is significant. Research indicates that over 70 per cent of timber processed in Indonesia comes from illegal sources.
Orangutans live in rainforests and in trees. If those are cut down, what do you think will happen to the orangutans?
Source: Orangutan.org
Orangutans live in rainforests and in trees. If those are cut down, what do you think will happen to the orangutans?
Source: Orangutan.org
Palm Oil Plantations- How it affects orangutans
A big problem affecting orangutans is the spread of large oil palm plantations that stretch for hundreds of thousands of acres across formerly diverse rainforest.
Here, orangutans are considered pests when they enter these plantations, and are 'gotten rid of'.
Five mammals exemplify the impending disaster: the Sumatran tiger, Sumatran and Bornean orangutans, Asian elephant, and Sumatran rhinoceros. Each of those species is endangered, with the three eponymous Sumatran species critically endangered. They once flourished in precisely those areas where rainforests have since been cleared for oil palm, which is why this affects orangutans.
Source : Scientific American Scpinet
Here, orangutans are considered pests when they enter these plantations, and are 'gotten rid of'.
Five mammals exemplify the impending disaster: the Sumatran tiger, Sumatran and Bornean orangutans, Asian elephant, and Sumatran rhinoceros. Each of those species is endangered, with the three eponymous Sumatran species critically endangered. They once flourished in precisely those areas where rainforests have since been cleared for oil palm, which is why this affects orangutans.
Source : Scientific American Scpinet
Monday, October 4, 2010
The Orang-Utan
According to Wikipedia, 'they are among the most intelligent primates'.
The orangutans are the only Asian great apes. They share 97% of our human DNA. We should be proud that we have these great red apes or Man of the Forest in our country, Malaysia.
The Sumatran species is critically endangered and the Bornean species is endangered.
This is due to the actions of US humans.
Threats to orangutans:
-Oil Palm plantations
-Logging
-Hunting
-Illegal Pet Trades
-Forest fires
(source: Threats to Orangutans)
The orangutans are the only Asian great apes. They share 97% of our human DNA. We should be proud that we have these great red apes or Man of the Forest in our country, Malaysia.
The Sumatran species is critically endangered and the Bornean species is endangered.
This is due to the actions of US humans.
Threats to orangutans:
-Oil Palm plantations
-Logging
-Hunting
-Illegal Pet Trades
-Forest fires
(source: Threats to Orangutans)
Orang-utans- Introduction to Orangutans
*To enlarge click button on right
*Spelling error in video: These amazing creatures are on the brink of extinction.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
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