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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
(e) [email protected]

on behalf of the coalition to save Tripa Peat Forest.

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