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Landslides Impact Orangutan Quarantine and Rehabilitation Center

On November 27, 2024 at 1:00 AM several major landslides struck our Orangutan Quarantine and Rehabilitation Center in North Sumatra. These landslides, triggered by exceptionally heavy rainfall, caused extensive damage to key infrastructure, including the main veterinary clinic and multiple orangutan enclosures. Two orangutans have died because of the landslides. All other 39 animals were unharmed and are safe.

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Medical help for injured orangutans: the case of Ramo

In the orangutan Quarantine and Rehabilitation Centre on Sumatra we care for injured animals and orphaned young orangutans. Here we also prepare them for release in the wild, sometimes for many years. The in-house clinic is well equipped to treat all kinds of injuries and diseases in orangutans. Recently, a patient came to us with an unusual and tragic story.

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Environmental education in Switzerland and in Indonesia: learning from each other

Environmental education is a central component of nature conservation in Switzerland as well as in Indonesia. This is why we have invested more heavily in exchanges between the environmental education teams in our programmes this year. To kick things off, six delegates from our four environmental education centres in Indonesia recently visited us in Berg am Irchel.

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Our Annual Report 2023 is here!

For almost thirty years, our 27 employees in Switzerland and a further 218 employees of our long-standing partners in Indonesia have dedicated themselves to preserving and protecting biodiversity and promoting the responsible use of nature with a great deal of knowledge and passion. Find out how we achieved this goal last year in our programmes in Indonesia, at the Berg am Irchel Bird of Prey Sanctuary and at the Thurauen Nature Centre!

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A cross-organisational initiative to protect the Leuser ecosystem

The 2.6-million-hectare Leuser ecosystem is located in the Indonesian provinces of Aceh and North Sumatra. It is one of the largest, still intact, contiguous rainforests in Southeast Asia and the only place in the world where endangered species such as orangutans, rhinos, elephants, and tigers share the same habitat. PanEco has been working here for several years as part of a Landscape Conservation Project with long-standing, trustworthy partners – and with generous support from the Arcus Foundation.

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