CONTRABAND ORANGUTANS
On the 29th of June, three very young orangutans were brought into the Rescue and Rehabilitation Station of our Orangutan Conservation Programme.
DAMS CAUSE EARTHQUAKES: DANGER FOR THE ORANGUTANS
Palm-oil plantations are most often the reason for deforestation of valuable rainforests in Indonesia. On Sumatra, the Leuser ecosystem is particularly affected.
RESEARCH IN THE LOWLAND RAINFOREST
As a part of an annual exchange with the SOCP staff on Sumatra, our fundraising officer Dominique Bärtschi visited our research station in Sikundur a few weeks ago.
WELCOME TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION CENTRE SELOLIMAN IN JAVA
Environmental education is an important basis for nature protection. Therefore, the foundation PanEco supports three environmental education centres in Indonesia.
OUR RESEARCH
In the past weeks, there were two papers published in which our orangutan conservation programme took part in.
TWO TRAGEDIES WITHIN TWO DAYS
Orangutan «Hope» was brought to our rescue and rehabilitation centre with 74 air pellets in her body.
ADULT ORANGUTAN MALES ARE UNDERGOING A ROUTINE MEDICAL CHECK
Every year in January, it is time for a medical routine examination: The orangutan males «Leuser» and «Fahzren» underwent their check.
HOPEFUL UNTIL THE END
Unfortunately, not always is good fortune with the orangutans on our station. Sometimes, fate is double hard on them: This is the sad story of the female orangutan “Seroja”.
CHANGE OF THE HEAD OF MANAGING DIRECTOR
At the end of this year we have some important intern news: The new leadership of the foundation will start into the year 2019.
OPTIMISED RESETTLEMENT PROCESS
In the middle of November, four orangutans were relocated from the SOCP’s rescue and rehabilitation station to Jantho, where they will be released back into the wild.