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  • Connectivity for Orangutans Across Sawit Kinabalu Conservation Area

    Connectivity for Orangutans Across Sawit Kinabalu Conservation Area

    Activity report from PONGO Alliance works in the Kinabatangan region. In creating a better habitat for wildlife in Sawit Kinabalu conservation areas and making connectivity for orangutans across Sg. Pin, PONGO Alliance, and Sawit Kinabalu has joined forces and conducted the activity of building orangutans bridges, the event was held from the 21st – 23rd […]

  • Memorandum of Understanding Signed with the State Government of Sabah

    Memorandum of Understanding Signed with the State Government of Sabah

    November 13, 2018 – Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia – The Palm Oil NGO (PONGO) Alliance and the Government of Sabah, Malaysia, have announced the beginning of a partnership to make the Kinabatangan landscape resilient for forests, wildlife and people. The partnership works towards sustaining wild populations of orangutans in a mix of oil palm plantations…

  • Synergising forest restoration efforts in Kinabatangan

    Synergising forest restoration efforts in Kinabatangan

    Sandakan: The Sabah Forestry Department (SFD), under the EU-funded REDD-plus Project entitled “Tackling Climate Change through Sustainable Forest Management and Community Development,” held a historic meeting with key oil palm plantation owners in Kinabatangan at the SFD Headquarters, here, recently. The meeting, the first involving a large group of main plantation owners and also for…

  • Walmart and Unilever announce forest sustainability initiatives at the Global Climate Action Summit

    Walmart and Unilever announce forest sustainability initiatives at the Global Climate Action Summit

    London / Bentonville – Today, at the Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) in San Francisco, USA, Unilever committed to supporting work in Sabah, Malaysia as part of the strategy to achieving a deforestation free supply chain and further reducing emissions. Unilever will help sustainably certify 60,000 hectares in Sabah, Malaysia as part of a programme…

  • We support orangutans & other wildlife living within oil palm landscapes

    We support orangutans & other wildlife living within oil palm landscapes

    In June 2017, Sime Darby Plantation, together with other leading palm oil companies and a number of wildlife conservation experts and NGOs, announced the launch of the PONGO Alliance, an initiative aimed at supporting the proper management of orangutans and other wildlife in palm oil landscapes. PONGO Alliance identifies, supports and helps implement programmes that…

  • PONGO Alliance Way To Address Needs Of Borneo Orangutan Conservation

    PONGO Alliance Way To Address Needs Of Borneo Orangutan Conservation

    PONGO alliance statement on survival of Orangutans in oil palm landscapes Palm Oil NGO (PONGO) Alliance, an alliance of several major palm oil producers and nature conservation organisations, has a mission to support the proper management of orangutans and other wildlife within plantations. The health and survival of orangutans depends ultimately on having year-round access…