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Special Reports: Restoring connectivity for orangutans in the Kinabatangan landscape
In the Kinabatangan region, support of oil palm growers, like Sawit Kinabalu is key to secure safe passage of orang utans between forest fragments and throughout the protected and privately administered landscape. Our initial area of engagements is the lowlands of Kinabatangan River, an area where both oil palm plantations and orangutans exist. Today, the wild […]
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Oil Palm and Orangutans: A Fresh Look and a New Idea
The April 2020 edition of The Planter magazine, the oldest and one of the most respected journals that deals with issues and developments in the palm oil industry, includes a feature article that poses the question: Can oil palm and orangutans be compatible? Though this question, on the face of it, may seem absurd, our paper…
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Oil palm growers in Alliance to Protect orangutans
Press release PONGO Alliance: Oil Palm Growers and Conservation Practitioners Collaborate for Orangutan Conservation Yayasan Sime Darby has channelled RM1.2 million for the programme to create a paradigm shift in traditional agriculture and conservation practices KINABATANGAN, 23 June 2020 – An alliance of oil palm growers, businesses and conservation practitioners, called PONGO Alliance, is developing guidelines…
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Interview with BFM Radio
Fostering collaboration between oil palm growers, experienced conservation practitioners, and other stakeholders to support wild orangutan conservation. To listen to the interview, click here.
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Future Feasts for Orangutans
It is probably fair to say that the most important biological requirement of all animals is food. All other things being equal, the greater is the productivity of any wild animal species favourite foods in the place that it lives, then the more individuals of that species can live and thrive. Unfortunately, in oil palm…
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Interview with BBC’s CrowdScience
Listen to the sharing from PONGO Alliance – Kinabatangan Project Director, Dr Felicity Oram about on-going collaborative solutions to create a paradigm shift in agricultural practice in order to build resilient landscapes for orangutans. To listen to the interview, click on the image below.