The Coalition to Save Tripa Peat Swamp Forest
Sumatran Orangutan Rescue Highlights Action Not Words Needed to Save Orangutan Population in Tripa Peat Swamp Forest, Indonesia.
18/04/2012
[TRIPA – ACEH PROVINCE – SUMATRA – INDONESIA]
Today a specialist Orangutan rescue team from the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP), Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari (YEL) and BKSDA Aceh (the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry’s nature conservation agency in Aceh) successfully rescued a large adult male orangutan trapped in a small pocket of forest in the Tripa peat swamps, surrounded by encroaching palm oil plantations… [Full Press Release & Image Attached]
For further media comment please contact:
Dr Ian Singleton, Director Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program
Mobile; +62-811 650 491
Email: [email protected]
Yuyun Indradi, Greenpeace / Forest Political Campaigner;
Mobile: +62-812 2616 1759
Email: [email protected]
Indrianto, YEL Community Organizer and member of Orangutan Rescue Team
Mobile; +62-813 9511 9580
Email: [email protected]
Kind Regards,
Shayne McGrath
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on behalf of the coalition to save Tripa Peat Forest.
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