COP Centre for Orangutan Protection

May 12, 2007

MINIM KONSERVASI, SATWA LANGKA ASLI KALTENG MENGHILANG

Palangka Raya (ANTARA News) – Sejumlah satwa langka spesies endemis Kalimantan Tengah (Kalteng) beberapa tahun terakhir menghilang akibat minimnya program konservasi satwa di wilayah ini.

“Sejumlah satwa asli yang hidup Kalimantan Tengah kini tidak lagi dapat dijumpai keberadaannya di alam liar serta populasinya pun tidak pernah diketahui tinggal berapa,” kata Direktur Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP) Hardi Baktiantoro, di Palangka Raya, Sabtu.

SAVING THE ORANGUTAN

London, 26/3 (ANTARA) – An international campaign to save the Orangutan is

underway in Britain where consumers are being discouraged from consuming products

that contain elements of palm oil grown in Malaysia and Indonesia. Several British

charities that focus on the protection of the orangutan launched the campaign by

encouraging well-known British and overseas supermarket chains including ASDA,

Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose to stock and sell products only with the label

‘Orangutan Friendly’