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Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK editor's pick

http://www.savetheorangutan.co.uk/splash.html

9 out of 10 stars (22 votes)

U.K. branch of the Balikpapan Orangutan Survival Foundation works to protect the orangutan in its natural habitat, and to promote its long-term welfare in Indonesia
Added: Oct. 19, 2006 | Rate It

Bruno Manser Fonds - News editor's pick

http://www.bmf.ch/en/news/

maintains the biodiversity in threatened tropical rainforests campaigns for the rights of the peoples who inhabit the rainforests
Added: Oct. 07, 2009 | Rate It

Last Stand of the Orangutan, The editor's pick

http://www.unep.org/grasp/docs/2007Jan-LastStand-of-Orangutan-report.pdf

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

a UNEP report which details the state of emergency in Indonesia's National Parks including illegal logging, fire and oil palm (pdf)
Added: Apr. 01, 2008 | Rate It

About Sarawak (Rengah Sarawak) popular

http://www.rengah.c2o.org/

7 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

contains information, photos and videos about Sarawak culture and major issues affecting their indigenous communities
Added: Jan. 20, 2001 | Rate It

Project POTICO: Palm Oil, Timber & Carbon Offsets in Indonesia

http://www.wri.org/project/potico

WRI project in Indonesia to curb new oil palm plantations from clearing virgin or primary forests by developing diversified revenue streams
Added: Feb. 11, 2009 | Rate It

Assesment of CO2 emissions from drained peatlands in South-East Asia

http://www.wetlands.org/WatchRead/Booksandreports/tabid/1261/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/1382/Peatland-degradation-fuels-climate-change.aspx

a report that calculates CO2 emissions from peat oxidation and peat fires in South East Asia and investigates the causes, likely future trends and options for mitigation strategies; by Delft Hydraulics in cooperation with Wetlands International and Alterra
Added: Jan. 04, 2007 | Rate It

Borneo Orangutan Survival International (BOS)

http://savetheorangutan.org/splash.html

works on protection and reintroduction of orangutans on Borneo
Added: Jun. 17, 2003 | Rate It

Borneo Tropical Rainforest Foundation

http://www.btrf.com/

seeks to establish a new conservation paradigm that promotes the planning, development and implementation of model conservation areas in Borneo
Added: Jan. 07, 2008 | Rate It

Deforestation, Forest Degradation, Biodiversity Loss and CO2 Emissionsin Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia

http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Environment/documents/2008/02/26/riaureport.pdf

report documents deforestation and degradation of natural forests in a section of Sumatra, Indonesia, and its impacts upon carbon release and climate change (pdf)
Added: Mar. 03, 2008 | Rate It

Down to Earth, International Campaign for Ecological Justice in Indonesia

http://dte.gn.apc.org/

monitors and campaigns on the social and human implications of environmental issues in Indonesia, focusing on the rights of indigenous peoples of the 'outer islands'
Added: Feb. 06, 2001 | Rate It

Eyes on the Forest

http://www.eyesontheforest.or.id/

a coalition of three local environmental organizations in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia committed to investigate the state of Riau's forests and the players who influence it, includes WWF Indonesia's Tesso Nilo Programme, Jikalahari ("Forest Rescue Network Riau") and Walhi Riau (“Friends of the Earth Indonesia”)
Added: Dec. 27, 2008 | Rate It

Failing Governance - Avoiding Responsibilities

http://www.milieudefensie.nl/globalisering/publicaties/rapporten/Biomassa_Failing-governance-avoiding-responsibilities_september2009.pdf

a report from Friends of the Earth (Netherlands and Indonesia) that demonstrates how the emerging bio-energy market is contributing to an excessive expansion of the oil palm industry in Indonesia and it shows how sustainability schemes in biofuel policies and palm oil sector initiatives fail to prevent illegal operations, deforestation, carbon emissions, and social conflicts (pdf)
Added: Sep. 29, 2009 | Rate It

Indonesia's Forests in Brief

http://www.globalforestwatch.org/english/indonesia/index.htm

7 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

Global Forest Watch provides general information
Added: Jan. 13, 2001 | Rate It

Komunitas Konservasi Indonesia - WARSI

http://www.warsi.or.id

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

a network that supports habitat and resources management for the Orang Rimba (Kubu) in Indonesia, whose habitat has been reduced for conversion of forest for oil palm plantations and transmigration
Added: Jun. 16, 2003 | Rate It

Orangutan Foundation International

http://www.orangutan.org/

10 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

supports the conservation and understanding of the orangutan and its rain forest habitat while caring for ex-captive individuals as they make their way back to the forest
Added: Feb. 05, 2001 | Rate It

Orangutan Foundation UK, The

http://www.orangutan.org.uk/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

aims to protect the orangutan and the conservation of its rainforest habitat while caring for and repatriating ex-captive orangutans back into the wild
Added: Feb. 15, 2001 | Rate It

Orangutan Society

http://www.orangutan.net/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

dedicated to the conservation of orangutans and their habitat in the forests of Borneo and Sumatra
Added: Feb. 01, 2001 | Rate It

Palm oil - rainforest in your shopping

http://www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/biodiversity/case_studies/palmoil_index.html

Friends of the Earth details how demand for palm oil, a vegetable oil present in many of the goods we buy, is contributing to the destruction of Indonesia's rainforests
Added: Jun. 21, 2004 | Rate It

Save Lembeh

http://www.save-lembeh.info/

campaign against plans for a goldmine in the Lembeh-Pulisan-Bangka region of Sulawesi, Indonesia that is threatening an area of rainforest, a lagoon and large numbers of endemic species
Added: Jan. 06, 2007 | Rate It

Save Sebangau Campaign -- Peat Swamp Forest of Central Kalimantan

http://www.geocities.com/kopitubruk/

2 out of 10 stars (3 votes)

including studies of the impact of land use change and fire on the sustainability of peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan, including Sebangau, the largest remaining intact peatland
Added: Feb. 04, 2001 | Rate It

Stability of Rainforest Margins in Indonesia

http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/sh/40515.html

9 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

a large scale research program that uses a holistic interdisciplinary scientific approach to investigate policies and socio-economic and ecological determinants that stabilize or threaten tropical forest margins
Added: Jul. 25, 2005 | Rate It

Sumatran Orangutan Society

http://www.orangutans-sos.org/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

seeks to conserve the endemic Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and its native habitat in Indonesia
Added: May. 23, 2001 | Rate It

Virtual World: Rainforest at Night

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/00/earthpulse/rainforest/index_flash.html

9 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

an interactive site from National Geographic exploring what a rainforest in Borneo looks like at night
Added: Oct. 13, 2001 | Rate It

Wake Up Woolworths!

http://www.wakeupwoolworths.com/

Australian campaign to encourage retailer Woolworths to reconsider their choice of pulp and paper sourced from Indonesia
Added: Aug. 16, 2008 | Rate It


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