Orangutan Rescue Specialist

richard — Fri, 13 Feb 2015 02:30:45 +0000

Panut Hadisiswoyo's organization, Orangutan Information Centre (OIC), needs our help to fund the salary of a new member of their Human Orangutan Conflict Response Unit (HOCRU).

Fueled by agricultural expansion, Human-Orangutan Conflict is a growing problem in Sumatra and Borneo. As more vital habitat is converted for farming, orangutans are pushed into plantations in search of food. They are considered a threat to profits and may be captured, injured or killed. In any conflict, the orangutan always loses. The HOCRU team patrols throughout North Sumatra and Aceh, surveying agricultural landscapes, evacuating orangutans that are trapped in small pockets of forest surrounded by farmlands and relocating them back to the Gunung Leuser National Park.

The team is responsible for investigating and mitigating conflict between farmers and orangutans. They also provide training for farming communities around the Leuser forests in safely dealing with human-orangutan conflict, helping them protect their crops without harming wildlife. Orangutan Outreach, OIC's US partner, will provide oversight as their sponsoring US 501c3.

Project picture:

Partner:

Orangutan Information Centre

Partner url:

Orangutan Information Centre

Partner description:

Yayasan Orangutan Sumatera Lestari – Orangutan Information Centre (YOSL-OIC) is dedicated to the conservation of the endemic, critically endangered Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) and their forest homes. The OIC works on the front line to save the lives of Sumatran orangutan from life-threatening situations and to sustain their survival by working with local communities living alongside orangutan habitat. Together with local communities, OIC has planted more than one million trees to restore degraded orangutan habitat in Gunung Leuser National Park, part of the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra UNESCO World Heritage Site. Furthermore, OIC is working on the ground to address the problem of human conflicts with the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) in agricultural landscapes adjacent to the Gunung Leuser National Park (GLNP). In addition, we visits schools and villages, and provide training to help local people work towards a more sustainable future and at the same time raise public awareness of threats to and conservation strategies for the Sumatran orangutan through community education and global communication. We collaborate with other local and international NGOs and businesses working towards parallel goals.

Funds:

1 200.00$

Species:

Orangutans

Country:

Indonesia

Project picture description:

Help the Orangutan Information Centre - a small team in Indonesia - staff up to relocate Orangutans displaced by palm oil plantation deforestation and prevent farmer - Orangutan conflict.

Project Lead:

Panut Hadisiswoyo

Lead picture:

WikiPop - Orangutans

Orangutan Rescue Specialist