Action Not Words Needed to Save Orangutan Population

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: mokko123@gmail.com

Yuyun Indradi, Greenpeace / Forest Political Campaigner;
Mobile: +62-812 2616 1759
Email: yuyun.indradi@greenpeace.org

Indrianto, YEL Community Organizer and member of Orangutan Rescue Team

Mobile; +62-813 9511 9580
Email: neo_indri@yahoo.com

Kind Regards,

Shayne McGrath
(e) shayne.mcgrath@gmail.com

on behalf of the coalition to save Tripa Peat Forest.

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