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Malaysia tracks orangutans with implants
Nov 24, 2009 |
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Malaysian wildlife authorities are using electronic implants to keep track of orangutans in a bid to protect the endangered apes after they are freed into the wild, an official said Tuesday.
Carbon-offsetting and conservation can both be winners in rainforest
Oct 20, 2009 |
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Logged rainforests can support as much plant, animal and insect life as virgin forest within 15 years if properly managed, research at the University of Leeds has found.
New orangutan population found in Indonesia
Apr 12, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Conservationists have discovered a new population of orangutans in a remote, mountainous corner of Indonesia - perhaps as many as 2,000 - giving a rare boost to one of the world's most critically ...
The global impact of climate change on biodiversity
Jan 21, 2009 |
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New research led by the University of York which retraced the steps of a 1965 survey on Mount Kinabalu in Borneo has discovered that, on average, species had moved uphill by about 67 m over the intervening years to cope with ...
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Saving the wild orchids of Borneo
Jul 17, 2008 |
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Borneo (Kalimantan) is the third largest island in the world. It is rich with a variety of indigenous orchid species that grow in the forests. Borneo's rain forests are also home to some extremely rare species of orchids, ...
Study: Elephants thought extinct may have survived
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Apr 17, 2008 |
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The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to the island of Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race – accidentally saved from extinction by the Sultan ...
Palm oil demand puts orangutans at risk
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Aug 15, 2007 |
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The growing demand for bio-diesel fuel threatens the survival of the orangutans of Borneo, the largest surviving population of the primate in the wild.
New species declared: Clouded leopard on Borneo and Sumatra
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Mar 15, 2007 |
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Scientists have discovered that the clouded leopard found on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra is an entirely new species of cat. The secretive rainforest animal was originally thought to be the same species ...
Satellite tracking reveals threats to Borneo pygmy elephants
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Aug 09, 2007 |
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A new WWF study tracking pygmy elephants by satellite shows that the remaining herds of these endangered elephants, which live only on the island of Borneo, are under threat from forest fragmentation and loss ...
Sumatran Rhino Seen in Borneo Jungles
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Sep 09, 2006 |
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(AP) -- Wildlife rangers have made the first-ever sighting of a Sumatran rhino deep in the jungles of Borneo, taking video and photos of a single male after a decade-long search, conservationists said Friday.
First picture of wild Borneo rhino taken
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Jun 15, 2006 |
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The World Wildlife Fund says the first-ever picture of a rhino in the wild on the island of Borneo has been taken using a motion-triggered camera trap.
Palm oil putting orangutans at risk
Oct 22, 2007 |
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Conservationists meeting at the Brookfield Zoo near Chicago say growing demand for palm oil is putting Sumatran orangutans at risk of extinction.
Orangutan release may begin next year
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Dec 06, 2006 |
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The first 90 of more than 1,000 orangutans are to be released in early 2007 in two areas of Borneo as part of a project to save the species.
WWF: 52 New Species Discovered on Borneo
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Dec 19, 2006 |
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Scientists have discovered at least 52 new species of animals and plants this past year on the island of Borneo. The discoveries, described in a new WWF report, include 30 unique fish species, two tree frog species, 16 ginger ...
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