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| Use it or Lose it Returning Sumatran orang-utans to the wild is the original core business of PanEco. They are endangered as a result of habitat destruction and so we have moved to focus heavily on protection of the rainforest, environmental education and alternative sources of income.
Our orangutan and peat swamp forest activities are concentrated in northern Sumatra. The quarantine station lies in Batu Mbelin and the apes are returned to the wild in the Bukit Tigapuluh national park. The three research stations in Suaq, Batang Toru and Ketambe deliver important findings on their biology. The swamp forest of Tripa, in the region of Singkil, is home to one of the last large orangutan populations.
Together with our partner foundations, YEL and YLHS, we operate three environmental education centres (PPLH) on Sumatra, Java and Sulawesi. Here local inhabitants as well as tourists learn to appreciate the unique diversity of the tropics. They are taught how to use natural resources sustainably, for example, through the organic cultivation of rice. To further promote alternative sources of income for locals, we support the development of a form of tourism that is considerate of both nature and culture. A good example of this can be found on the idyllic Pulau Banyak archipelago where rare sea turtles come to nest.
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Tripa: Current situation
The newest report on the peat swamp forest of Tripa assesses the current situation, trends and the possibility of restoration.
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The REDD Ape
Short term economic greed is destroying peat land and rainforest in
Indonesia, threatening not only local communities and orangutans, but
humanity itself. What might the orangutans think of its human cousin?
Watch the answer right here!
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