The Last Stand of the Orangutan

12 years ago

State of Emergency: Illegal Logging, Fire and Palm Oil in Indonesia's National Parks

The survival of orangutans and other rain forest wildlife in Indonesia is seriously endangered by illegal logging, forest fires including those associated with the rapid spread of oil palm plantations, illegal hunting and trade.

Status: Completed

Type: Rapid Response Assessment

Year of publication: 2007

Tags: Orangutans

Partners

GRID-Arendal's activities are nearly always a cooperative undertaking made possible through collaboration with our various partners, and donors.

Related activities

View all activities

Environmental Crime

Environmental crime is a threat to sustainable development, particularly to the environment, security and the global economy.

In progress Programme

Rapid Response Assessments

In response to increasing urgency in the need for targeted and acute information on the environment, UNEP has initiated a special report...

In progress Global

Related Media

View all media

Cite