Sumatra: Tripa Swamp Forest loss means after less than two decades only 250 of 1,500 Orangutan remain

At the beginning of the 1990’s the Tripa Swamp Forests, on the west coat of Aceh (island of Sumatra) had approximately 1,500 Sumatran orangutans. Sumatran orangutans are listed as critically endangered. Today, the remaining Tripa Swamps that are being converted to oil palm plantations contain only an estimated 250 orangutans. It is crucial for the future of the Sumatran orangutan species to save this population’s precious habitat.

Get full text; Support da’ word producer: http://orangutanfoundation.wildlifedirect.org/2009/03/27/destruction-of-the-tripa-peat-swamp-forest-orangutan-habitat/

All tree news about Sumatra: http://forestpolicyresearch.com/category/oceania-tree-news/sumatra/

Please take some time to watch this video Destruction of the Tripa Peat Swamp Forest (Aceh) made by PanEco. It was filmed in the Tripa region of Aceh Sumatra. It features local people voicing their concern about the impact of the palm oil business on their daily lives.

Ian Singleton, Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme’s (SOCP) Director of Conservation, blogged about the situation in Tripa in November. Read his post Save The Tripa Swamps to find out more.