Orangutan Land Trust
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Enabling sustainable solutions for the long-term survival of the orangutan in the wild. Find us at www.orangutanlandtrust.com!
Indonesia's Tanjung Puting National Park Fire Remains Uncontrolled; Ministry of Forestry Deploys Additional Personnel and Seeks Firefighting Helicopters www.pantau.com/nasional/372...
Kebakaran Taman Nasional Tanjung Puting Belum Terkendali, Kemenhut Tambah Personel dan Upayakan Helikopter Pemadam
Kemenhut intensifkan pemadaman karhutla di Tanjung Puting.
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Astonishing! The Indonesian Government Has Not Yet Declared Forest and Land Fires a National Disaster, Here's Why news.detik.com/berita/d-870...
Pemerintah Belum Tetapkan Karhutla Jadi Bencana Nasional, Ini Alasannya
Menko Polkam menyatakan belum ada rencana menetapkan kebakaran hutan sebagai bencana nasional, karena pemerintah masih mampu mengatasinya.
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Orangutan Novita's Four Fingers Could Not Be Saved After Struggling to Escape Forest and Land Fires www.detik.com/kalimantan/k...
Empat Jari Novita Tak Terselamatkan Setelah Berjuang Lolos dari Karhutla
Orang utan Novita berhasil dievakuasi dari kebakaran hutan, namun mengalami luka parah. 47 orang utan lainnya juga terdeteksi ISPA akibat kabut asap.
detik.com
"As agricultural intensification and climate change continue to reshape tropical ecosystems, restoring structurally complex riparian vegetation will be critical for sustaining biodiversity and the ecosystem services upon which agricultural production depends."
New research shows the impact of restoration of riparian zones in oil palm (pre-print). www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
From margins to mainstream: restoration of riparian margins to support oil palm sustainability in modern and future climates
Palm oil is the worlds leading vegetable oil, with production continuing to expand, particularly across Southeast Asia. Within established plantations, conserving and restoring riparian margins can re...
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Leonardo DiCaprio Highlights Plight of Orangutans Due to Forest Fires in Kalimantan and Sumatra Please support our Emergency Fire Appeal: donate.orangutanlandtrust.com kumparan.com/kumparannews...
Leonardo DiCaprio Soroti Nasib Orangutan Imbas Karhutla di Kalimantan-Sumatera
Leonardo DiCaprio Soroti Nasib Orangutan Imbas Karhutla di Kalimantan-Sumatera #newsupdate #update #news #text
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"The ability of the young orangutans to combine learning types, and especially to learn from others, facilitated their foraging competence as adults." www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
How 8 years of social and individual learning interact to shape ecological competence in orangutans
Cultural learning permeates human skill and knowledge acquisition. To understand its importance for nonhuman apes, we analyzed just under 7000 records of behavioral bouts of social and individual lear...
science.org
Bored in Samboja Evacuation Enclosures, 11 Bornean Orangutans Await Return to the Forest mongabay.co.id/2026/10/10/b...
Bosan di Kandang Evakuasi Samboja, 11 Orangutan Kalimantan Menanti Kembali ke Hutan
Lestari duduk di lantai kandang dengan kedua tangan memegang jeruji. Ia menatap ke arah pepohonan yang menjadi pagar alami kandang itu. Beberapa helai daun berserakan di dekat kakinya. Tidak banyak ya...
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Wildfires raging across parts of Indonesia’s Borneo island are threatening endangered orangutans, forcing rescuers to evacuate animals found injured, stranded or struggling to survive amid thick smoke and scorched forests. www.dailysabah.com/world/asia-p...
Indonesia’s raging wildfires endanger orangutans, scorch forests
Wildfires raging across parts of Indonesia’s Borneo island are threatening endangered orangutans, forcing rescuers to evacuate animals found injured,...
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But the agency's term ended in 2024, and in April 2025, the Indonesian government confirmed it would not extend its mandate…
After the worst wildfires in history occurred in 2015, the Indonesian government introduced a series of remedial measures, including the establishment in 2016 of a dedicated peatland and mangrove restoration agency (BRGM). Starting in 2021, BRGM's mandate was further expanded …
as many as 74% of fire hotspots in the Kalimantan region fell within corporate concession areas, of which 10,739 hotspots were located within palm oil plantation permits (HGU), 7,880 hotspots were in mining concession areas, and 6,905 hotspots fell within forest utilization permits (PBPH).
Once these peatlands catch fire, they can smolder underground for weeks or even months, making them difficult to fully extinguish. Since the 1990s, Indonesia has dug large-scale drainage canals to convert peatlands into plantations for palm oil, pulpwood, and other cash crops…
Indonesia holds about 36% of the world's tropical peatlands. Natural peatlands remain waterlogged year-round and do not easily burn; but drainage projects lower the water table, drying out the peat and increasing fire risk.
about 13,500 people received treatment for respiratory infections, while on the two islands of Borneo and Sumatra, about 5.5 million people were directly exposed to the thick smoke. BBC reported on September 23 that more than 40,000 cases occurred in young children…
Faced with this "disaster that happens every year," a group of Indigenous organizations and civil society groups chose to no longer remain silent—they took Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and provincial governors and other officials to court…
more than 200,000 hectares of forest and land across the country were consumed by fire. The satellite monitoring platform "Nusantara Atlas" pointed out that from January to August this year, nearly 900,000 hectares of land had been burned across Indonesia.
this year's fires have already been burning for more than two months, and according to Reuters, they may be the worst in 11 years. As of October 9, at least 11 fire sites were still not extinguished, covering an area of 85,000 hectares,
端傳媒 Initium Media is one of the best Chinese-language news outlets for international reporting, and they've done a good job reporting on the fires in Indonesia. I've posted some highlights in English in the thread below.
印尼野火11年來最嚴重，原住民與公民團體控告總統普拉伯沃
印尼野火已經燒了超過兩個月，規模可能是11年來最嚴重的一次。衛星監測平台指出，從今年1月到8月，印尼全境累計已燒毀近90萬公頃土地。印尼林業部長指出，印尼目前正處於「關鍵階段」，而火勢預計會持續延燒到11月雨季來臨為止。
theinitium.com
Racing Against the Flames: Joining Forces to Save Orangutans from Forest Fires Please support our Emergency Fire Appeal: donate.orangutanlandtrust.com nationalgeographic.grid.id/read/1344199...
Berpacu dengan Api, Bahu-membahu Selamatkan Orangutan dari Kebakaran Hutan - Semua halaman | National Geographic
Di Kalimantan, tempat El Niño memicu kebakaran hutan yang dahsyat, orangutan yang terancam punah menjadi korban kebakaran.
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Eight Orangutans Victims of Forest and Land Fires Released into Ketapang Protected Forest www.viva.co.id/berita/nasio...
Delapan Orang Utan Korban Karhutla Dilepasliarkan ke Hutan Lindung Ketapang
Delapan orang utan terdiri atas tiga pasangan induk dan anak serta dua individu jantan remaja. Mereka diselamatkan dari lokasi karhutla di Ketapang dan Kayong Utara
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"Indigenous activist and filmmaker Kynan Tegar discusses the impacts of the fires devastating Kalimantan, Borneo. Some 48,000 hectares of land have burned so far this year; Kynan says these fires are intentional on the part of agricultural corporations." news.mongabay.com/podcast/2026...
Indigenous activist Kynan Tegar on Indonesia’s fires, and defending the Earth
Indigenous activist and filmmaker Kynan Tegar joins the Mongabay Newscast this week to discuss the impacts of the fires devastating Kalimantan, the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. Some 48,...
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Seized from an apartment in Dombivli by a Thane forest division team in November 2024, a male orangutan, believed to be around 3 years old, will soon be repatriated to Indonesia. indianexpress.com/article/indi...
From Maharashtra apartment to Indonesian wilds: Rescued orangutan set to return home
Primate was likely LIKELY trafficked; repatriation process in an advanced stage, say officials
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More Than Just Play: Orangutan Juveniles Who Actively Explore the Forest Grow Up to Be More Independent mongabay.co.id/2026/10/09/b...
Bukan Hanya Main, Anak Orangutan yang Aktif Menjelajah Hutan Hidupnya Lebih Mandiri
Seekor anak orangutan sumatera (Pongo abelii) terekam mengamati buah neesia/bengang dengan penuh rasa ingin tahu. Ia memegang, menggigit dan meletakkannya di antara batang dan cabang pohon. Lalu denga...
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The Indonesian government has been accused of “gross negligence” in a class action lawsuit over its handling of wildfires that have cloaked large parts of South-east Asia in a toxic haze, shuttered schools and caused a spike in respiratory illnesses. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...
Indonesia accused of ‘gross negligence’ in wildfires lawsuit as haze tests region
NGOs in Indonesian Borneo file class action lawsuit calling for government to better manage annual fires
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Forest and Land Fires in Koh Koh Raged, 56-Kg Orangutan Injured in Hands and Legs www.detik.com/kalimantan/k...
Karhutla di Kobar Mengganas, Orang Utan 56 Kg Terluka di Tangan-Kaki
Karhutla di Kotawaringin Barat kembali mengganas. Orang utan 56 kg dievakuasi karena mengalami luka di tangan dan kaki.
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47 Orangutans Receive Nebulizer Therapy After Suffering from Acute Respiratory Infections Due to Forest and Land Fires www.detik.com/kalimantan/k...
47 Orang Utan Diterapi Nebulizer usai Terserang ISPA akibat Karhutla
Sebanyak 47 orang utan di Nyaru Menteng, Palangka Raya, diterapi nebulizer usai terserang ISPA akibat asap karhutla.
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Wildfires in West Kalimantan are leaving wildlife struggling to find fresh water as forest pools dry up and ponds turn brackish, pushing animals toward villages and coastal areas. news.mongabay.com/2026/10/dead...
Deadly wildfires leave Borneo wildlife scrambling for fresh water
Wildfires in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, are leaving wildlife without fresh water as ponds turn brackish and forest pools dry up, driving animals into villages and toward the coast. Residents and cons...
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