Current Crisis
We are robbing one of the earth's greatest rainforests, the Borneo Rainforest. We are destroying, burning, and taking over one of the most biodiverse parts of the world.
(Vanishing Borneo: Saving One of the World’s Last Great Places, 2017)
Current Crisis
We are robbing one of the earth's greatest rainforests, the Borneo Rainforest. We are destroying, burning, and taking over one of the most biodiverse parts of the world.
(Vanishing Borneo: Saving One of the World’s Last Great Places, 2017)
Current Crisis
We are robbing one of the earth's greatest rainforests, the Borneo Rainforest. We are destroying, burning, and taking over one of the most biodiverse parts of the world.
(Vanishing Borneo: Saving One of the World’s Last Great Places, 2017)
Laws In-Place To Protect Orangutans
CITES- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
The Bornean Orangutan is listed in Appendix 1 of CITES, meaning that they are one of the most endangered species and require the most protection. Appendix 1 also says the Bornean orangutan can legally not be transported between countries: except it rare instances for non-commercial reasons- which is contradicting to the whole purpose of the law and can be used as a loophole for poachers. (“The CITES Appendices | CITES,” 2019)
Selective Cutting Established in 1967
Loggers can legally only harvest a small amount of timber from specific areas every year; logging companies can only cut trees less than 60cm in diameter. Unfortunately, this law is being completely ignored, and our lovely orangutans are casualties to this mass destruction. (“Laws and Policies | SOS: Save The Orangutans,” 2015)
Indonesia’s Action Plan for National Conservation of Orangutans (2007)
A failed attempt to protect specific habitat areas for orangutans, where orangutans can live without being poached or driven out with smoke or loss of habitat. Though Indonesia says they’re still trying to enforce this; it is to no avail. (“Laws and Policies | SOS: Save The Orangutans,” 2015)
Bornean Orangutans are protected by all these laws in an attempt to keep them safe, however, they are being disregarded. People are still hunting them. People are still forcing them to move out or die. These laws are so rarely enforced. And when they are the threat doesn't make it across to other perpetrators. Write to the Indonesian or Malaysian governments. (You can do this by reaching out WWF and by supporting their movement, they will use that momentum to hopefully have more effect within these governments.) Join a movement to help protect the most beautiful part of our world... the animals we share it with.