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Jan Geerdink fingerprints orangutans. Read about this in the story "Orangutans, Mel Gibson and the bite test" at Psychology Today
Welcome to A NEW LEAF
ENVIRONMENT REPORTERS KILLED IN INDONESIA: Journalists are reported threatened and killed in Indonesia when they go up against the powerful and deep-seated interests that are devastating wildlife and the environment. Read it.
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HUNTING DEVASTATING ORANGUTANS: a new study headed by leading orangutan scientist Erik Meijaard believes that the death of orangutans by hunting has had a larger effect than previously understood. An estimated 1,000 orangutans a year are killed. Read it.
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ACTING OUT GESTURES: A new study says that orangutans communicate by acting out gestures and scenes. Read it.
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SAVING ORANGUTANS: Scientist Erik Meijaard gives a realistic appraisal of the problems of saving orangutans from extinction. Read it.
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PALM OIL PRODUCTION: The world market for palm oil is projected to exceed 100 million tonnes by the year 2015. The increasing standard of living in regions of the Third World is driving the demand for palm oil, which unlike annual food crops is ideal for majority of soils vulnerable to leakage in the damp tropical regions. Indonesia and Malaysia alone meet, though not entirely, the largest part of the global demand for palm oil. A summary of the report
Meanwhile, for orangutans, for the rain forest, the clock is ticking...
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