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Indonesian Orangutan
by on 19 July 2003 @ 09:08 PM

Many orangutan in Indonesian rainforest will die because they will lose their home, their place to hide from humans. Many people go to Indonesia to take woods from here, it makes Orangutan move to another rainforest And if Orangutan come out from the forest, where they live, many people will kill them for the skull. Pls take an act for this.

Indonesian Boy


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Re: Indonesian Orangutan
by Ann Novek on 20 July 2003 @ 06:23 PM
Hello Orangutang Boy,
I'm not so enlightened in the orangutang issue, but there was a post in our forum (GPCC) in the beginning of July from Friends of Earth, to save Indonesian forests from foreign companies.Letters were sent to respective countries Embassies.Maybe you could contact Friend of Earth and get more info?

I'm also a member of WWF and they have had articles on orangutangs in their magazines and I'm appalled when I read about the orangutangs sad fates!

Ann
Re: Indonesian Orangutan
by Honeybea on 20 July 2003 @ 09:16 PM
Hello Indonesian Boy

I watched a documentary about a Dutch scientist called Dr. Willie Smits who tries to help Orang Utans in Borneo. He also has an educational program to convince people not to hunt Orang Utans. If you are interested here is a link about his orang utan sanctuary.

http://www.orangutan.com/theprojects/Wanariset/wanariset.htm

Here is another interesting article about his project.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2000/12/122800orangutans.html

What I saw in the documentary was very shocking. You are right. There should be taken more action.

Regards from Germany
Beate
Re: Indonesian Orangutan
by Anonymous on 21 July 2003 @ 05:15 PM
indonesian boy,
maybe if you could give us the details of orangutan dan forests that we have lost and the exact amount of environmental destruction of indonesia, somebody will care and stand up for the orangutans
Re: Indonesian Orangutan
by Anonymous on 22 July 2003 @ 12:32 AM
HI,

It make me really sad for the Orangutan, and there aren't a lot of of them , and if that continue, we won't have Orangutan no more. that's bad, there are the closest cousin of human, and there are very clever animals. I like them. and i hope we will do something. they have the right to live. peace to you all
earthwarrior,
VIVA GREENPEACE ! ! !
Re: Indonesian Orangutan
by Divi on 25 July 2003 @ 02:41 PM
I read new article about orangutan. At about 200 got hepatitis. They will die because tihs disease can attack another orang utan. Do you know taht orangutan live in Indonesia only. Come on write your letter about orangutan and send it to WWF-Indonesia@wwf.or.id
We can help them to save orangutan!!!!!!!
Re: Indonesian Orangutan
by legolas greenleaf on 26 July 2003 @ 08:25 AM
Hey, Orangutan boy. Are u Indonesian ? U look so concern about the pityful trouble of orangutans. Me too, because I'm Indonesian and I live in East Borneo, the habitat of orangutan. I'm also WWF member too and me and my friends have be voluntary in WWF's office in Balikpapan ( city in East Borneo, central of WWF Sunda Land Bioregion ) for 3 years. We have do many effort to save the orangutans 'cause they are one of the live treasure of Borneo Island. So, lets we do our best efforts to save those amazing creature.
Re: Indonesian Orangutan
by Anonymous on 29 July 2003 @ 12:54 PM

Indonesian Boy,

The continued rape of the rich fauna of south-east asia continues.. encouraged and accelerated during the eighties by unscrupulous peoplewhose home grounds had been thoroughly ransacked over the previous centuries and had nothing natural left to offer.

Unscrupulous people will always exist. It's up to ordinary people torefuse to buy these goods/animals etc. if we think about it, it's easyto brainwash people into what they should wear, the mobile phone theyshould carry etc. Therefore it should be fairly easy, if there was the will, to discourage them to keep orangutans as pets etc.

Where I live they are promoting "the local". This means that we can check out the source of the goods we buy and therefore be certain thatno ecological damage is being done/encouraged by our spending. This seemsthe way ahead. To avoid buying exotic goods of any kind.

However today, in the local supermarket, I found a basket full of the most beautiful assortment of colored sea-shells with "Made in Philippines" printed on the back. I bet they were. A few hundred grammes for just 3 Euro. My heart broke imaging the raping of those beautiful sea-beds that must be going on for what will be essentially for us just a passing fancy to take home and then instantaneously forget.But the damage done to those oceans will not be instantaneously forgotten. It won't be long before the fishermen and people who live off the seafood will start to suffer the consequences, just as here in Europe the seas have been ransacked and the fish market is starting to reel under the effects.People here didn't learn in time and it seems that people over there in SE Asia havent learnt the lesson either.

Supermarket chains have an enormous responsibility not to encourage the production and distribution of these types goods causing the destruction of the natural world.

As far as your problem is concerned where people are literally burning the forests (for their heating requirements), can your govt not encourage the use of solar panels etc? Maybe some world org can introduce subsidies to poor countries tohelp them move towards these fonts of energy and save the remaining ancient forests.
Re: Indonesian Orangutan
by Anonymous on 05 August 2003 @ 07:53 AM
Dear Indonesian Boy (and everyone else who's contributed to this discussion)

Yesterday I was at the zoo here in Sydney, Australia. As always, I made a point of visiting the orangutans. As much as it is distressing to think that these wonderful creatures will never see their native rainforests, at least they are safe from the savagery their wild relatives are subjected to.

So, what can be done to stop the destruction of forests in Borneo (and everywhere else for that matter) and ensure the survival of the orangutan and so many other species? Surely money is the key. The only reason these forests are being destroyed is to make money for greedy businessmen and corrupt officials. Money talks, and whoever has the most money has the loudest voice.

So how's this for an idea? An international fund, administered by a non-profit, respected organisation, is set up to raise tens of millions of dollars. The fund buys logging concessions off the greedy businessmen, and buys protection from the politicians, police and military, who might otherwise provide muscle and protection for timber poachers.

The fund could also work in co-operation with local people, allowing low-level, sustainable logging while leaving large areas untouched. Tourism could take over from logging as one of the main income earners. While tourist developments have their downsides, surely they'd be a whole lot better than what's going on right now.

So...could this idea work?

To all those in Indonesia working to save the forests, semoga sukses!

Geoff

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