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Sep 7, 2012

East Kalimantan, Indonesia & Van Nuys CA: Orangutan Trio Found in Forest

To view the article in The Jakarta Globe, please click on link:
Orangutan Trio Found in Forest | The Jakarta Globe

If you are not already doing all you choose to do for the Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) and you are moved by that tragic article to help those Orangutans who still remain, please read further (below are some informative links) or run in the Save the Orangutans 5K Run for Survival in Van Nuys CA on Sunday 9/16.

See the IUCN page about this species being on the RED LIST and ENDANGERED:
http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/17975/0

Per the IUCN page, "The Bornean orangutan is a fully protected species in both Malaysia and Indonesia legislation. This species is listed on Appendix I of CITES."

See magazine article describing some of what Las Vegas Volunteer Rebecca Reeder does for the Orangutans:
http://www.magazine.tcu.edu/Magazine/Article.aspx?ArticleId=668

Van Nuys CA: Sunday September 16, 2012. You can run in or sponsor the Save the Orangutans 5K Run for Survival:
http://www.orangutan.org/archives/6277

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Apr 1, 2012

Orangutans

Demand for survival

Tripa Peat Swamps and their Orangutans being cremated to annihilation: Government of Indonesia must uphold law or face international shame We, Walhi Indonesia, Greenpeace Indonesia, Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari, Sawit Watch Indonesia, the Coalition Team for Saving the Tripa Peat Swamps, are here today to demand the following: The immediate enforcement of laws protecting the Leuser Ecosystem, including the Tripa Peat Swamps, namely: The Spatial Planning Law (UU 26/2007) and subsequent Government Regulation (PP 26/2008) which establishes the Leuser Ecosystem as a National Strategic Area with an environmental protection function; and the Law of the Governance of Aceh (UU11/2006) which obligates the Government and the Government of Aceh to protect the Leuser Ecosystem.

Dear Ministry of Forestry @zul_hasan you have to make sure JUSTICE is served in Tripa protected forest http://ow.ly/a0kaL #savetripa

I signed the petition. Please take immediate action and follow this tragedy at

https://twitter.com/#!/endoftheicon

https://endoftheicons.wordpress.com/

http://www.facebook.com/savetripa

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3/30 POST
This is a huge unforgivable crime. From the United Kingdom's Daily Mail, this article was updated March 30th. Hundreds of orangutans have been killed by fires deliberately set by palm oil companies.

"Shocking: Hundreds of orangutans are believed to have died in fires deliberately lit by palm oil companies in Tripa forest on the coast of Aceh province in northern Indonesia"

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Dec 28, 2011

Shootings

Indonesia map by Uwe Dedering Wikipedia

An Australian company is not following the Golden Rule when they mine for gold. Nine people were critically injured, and three people died.

Please click and view the 12-27-2011 article from Friends of the Earth regarding three indigenous people killed by Indonesian police as they protested the mining by Arc Exploration of Australia: Three Killed in Aussie Mine Protest. "The victims were among nearly 1,000 people in Lambu village in West Nusatenggara province trying to stop the goldmining project by Arc Exploration and its Indonesian partner, PT Sumber Mineral Nusantara." Derec Davies of Friends of the Earth Australia was quoted in the article:

“Friends of the Earth is a global organization and we work with local communities to support their peaceful non violent environmental struggles. We are appalled by the response of the Indonesian police. The community was protesting against environmental damage caused by the mine. No Australian company should be complicit in any way in this level of violence. It is unacceptable in Australia and shouldn’t be acceptable in Indonesia.”

In 2004, a NY Times article described related problems with an American mining company, Newmont Mining Corporation. The giant corporation denied any wrongdoing:

"The infant's death came after years of complaints by local fishermen about waste dumped in the ocean by the owner of a nearby gold mine, the Newmont Mining Corporation, the world's biggest gold producer, based in Denver."

Americans, Japanese, and Australians have been some of the companies involved in plundering Sumbawa for gold and copper. This is from the Wikipedia entry for Sumbawa:

"Newmont Mine
The Southwestern extreme portion of Sumbawa is monopolized by American firm Newmont Mining Corporation; a large gold and copper mine, Newmont's Batu Hijau mine in Sumbawa began commercial operations in 2000, a decade after the copper and gold was discovered.^[8] Newmont holds a 45% stake in the operation through its shareholding in PT Newmont Nusa Tenggara. A local unit of Japan's Sumitomo Corporation has a 35% share.
Newmont and its partners have invested about $1.9 billion in the mine, which has estimated reserves of 1,000 metric tons of copper. The reserves are expected to last until 2034, making Batu Hijau one of the largest copper mines in the world. Newmont has a been involved in scandals of mercury and arsenic poisoning in Sulawesi island,^[9] as well as having been embroiled in pollution cases on four continents.^[9]"

A Google news search for "Sumbawa" yields several stories, particularly about growing numbers of protesters in the wake of this violence. For example, the headline of one of the 12-27-2011 articles (click to read) is: Sape Demonstrations in Several Cities Lead to Clashes, Arrests.

In parallel to the Occupy movement, I believe the numbers of protesters, and the numbers of injuries and deaths, will increase pursuant to these clashes.

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