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Orangutans at a Crossroads: New Threats, Hard Lessons, and Reasons for Hope in 2026 - Environmental News Mar 2026

Posted 23 Mar 2026 in Environmental News , Orangutan News , OURF News

Across the rainforests of Indonesia, orangutans—our closest arboreal relatives—are once again at a critical juncture. Recent news from Sumatra and …

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A Species on the Brink: How Sumatra’s Floods Threaten the Tapanuli Orangutan - Environmental News Dec 2025

Posted 14 Dec 2025 in Environmental News , Orangutan News

Sumatra, Indonesia — December 2025

In the steep rainforest hills of Indonesia’s

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Severe Flooding Paralyzes North Sumatra and Aceh: OURF Launches Emergency Relief Appeal - Environmental News Nov 2025

Posted 30 Nov 2025 in Environmental News , OURF News

DONATIONS STILL BEING ACCEPTED

Late November 2025 will be remembered as one of …

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Hope in the Canopy: How the Orang Utan Republik Foundation Turns Optimism into Action - Environmental News Oct 2025

Posted 08 Oct 2025 in Environmental News , Orangutan News , OURF News

In the early 2000s, when the forests of Sumatra and Borneo echoed less with the long calls of wild orangutans …

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Nature Needs Half: A Bold Path to Safeguard the Bornean Orangutan - Environmental News Sep 2025

Posted 10 Sep 2025 in Environmental News , Orangutan News

A Forest in Peril—and a Species on the Brink

The Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, once thrived …

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Indonesian Government Issues Statement of Recognition Honoring 20 Years of the Orangutan Caring Scholarship Program - Environmental News Jun 2025

Posted 11 Jun 2025 in Environmental News , OURF News

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Indonesian Government Issues Statement of Recognition Honoring 20 Years of the Orangutan Caring Scholarship Program

Santa Monica, …

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Orangutan Skulls Among Dozens Seized in Gruesome Wildlife Trafficking Bust - Environmental News Mar 2025

Posted 29 Mar 2025 in Environmental News , Orangutan News

News from TRAFFIC.

Indonesian authorities have just dismantled a macabre wildlife trafficking ring, uncovering a chilling collection of illegal …

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Orangutan Caring Week 2024: November 10-16 - Environmental News Nov 2024

Posted 08 Nov 2024 in Environmental News , Orangutan News , OURF News

Theme: “Orangutans Leading the Way: One Planet, One Future”

Celebrating Orangutans as Symbols of Environmental Stewardship and Biodiversity

This November, …

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Orangutan Conservation Pioneer Releases Memoir ‘Out of the Cage’: A Journey of 50 Years with Indonesia's "persons of the forest" - Environmental News Oct 2024

Posted 20 Oct 2024 in Environmental News , OURF Blog , OURF News

Santa Monica, CA — October 19, 2024 — Out of the Cage, the highly anticipated memoir by orangutan conservation expert …

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Orang Utan Republik Foundation Joins the Great Apes Survival Partnership (GRASP) - Environmental News Sep 2024

Posted 25 Sep 2024 in Environmental News , OURF News

Santa Monica, CA – September 23, 2024

The Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF) is excited to announce its official acceptance …

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