Michelle Desilets
@savetheorangutan.bsky.social
Founder and Director of Orangutan Land Trust. Saving orangutans for 3 decades.
Forests. For Orangutans. Forever.
http://orangutanlandtrust.com
Forests. For Orangutans. Forever.
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Prabowo's speech about 'no need to be afraid of deforestation' for the sake of increasing palm oil plantations has drawn criticism – 'Forests will be threatened' and 'people's living space will shrink'
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Kelapa sawit: Prabowo ingin Indonesia tambah lahan sawit – 'Enggak usah takut deforestasi' - BBC News Indonesia
Pidato Prabowo yang menyatakan "tak perlu takut deforestasi" untuk menambah lahan sawit menuai kritik. Para pegiat lingkungan khawatir cara pandang itu akan menghasilkan kebijakan yang semakin menganc...
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November 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Prabowo's speech about 'no need to be afraid of deforestation' for the sake of increasing palm oil plantations has drawn criticism – 'Forests will be threatened' and 'people's living space will shrink'
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“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
November 30, 2025 at 3:25 AM
“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”
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We've made an excellent start with donations, but we still have a long way to go to ensure the future for these 25 desperate orangutans.
Please won't you give whatever you can?
Please won't you give whatever you can?
Urgent Appeal to Rescue 25 Orangutans
Please give whatever you can to give these orangutans a future in the wild where they belong.
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Please give whatever you can to give these orangutans a future in the wild where they belong.
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Our Emergency Orangutan Rescue Appeal continues to need your support!
Right now, 25 orangutans—including nine vulnerable infants—are stranded in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Forest in this location…...
Our Emergency Orangutan Rescue Appeal continues to need your support!
Right now, 25 orangutans—including nine vulnerable infants—are stranded in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.
Forest in this location ...
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November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
We've made an excellent start with donations, but we still have a long way to go to ensure the future for these 25 desperate orangutans.
Please won't you give whatever you can?
Please won't you give whatever you can?
Expanding mining operations, new road and rail infrastructure, logging and large-scale agricultural projects, including palm oil plantations, are fragmenting habitat and pushing elephants into increasingly isolated forest patches.
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DNA surveys reveal far more African forest elephants than previously known
A new IUCN report shows African forest elephants are more numerous than previously believed, not due to recovery, but thanks to groundbreaking DNA-based surveys that have transformed how the elusive s...
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November 28, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Expanding mining operations, new road and rail infrastructure, logging and large-scale agricultural projects, including palm oil plantations, are fragmenting habitat and pushing elephants into increasingly isolated forest patches.
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Orangutans:
These intelligent great apes of Borneo and Sumatra are losing their rainforest homes at an alarming rate due to deforestation for palm oil and logging, a problem exacerbated by climate change-driven droughts and increased fire risk. .
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These intelligent great apes of Borneo and Sumatra are losing their rainforest homes at an alarming rate due to deforestation for palm oil and logging, a problem exacerbated by climate change-driven droughts and increased fire risk. .
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November 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Orangutans:
These intelligent great apes of Borneo and Sumatra are losing their rainforest homes at an alarming rate due to deforestation for palm oil and logging, a problem exacerbated by climate change-driven droughts and increased fire risk. .
www.msn.com/en-us/scienc...
These intelligent great apes of Borneo and Sumatra are losing their rainforest homes at an alarming rate due to deforestation for palm oil and logging, a problem exacerbated by climate change-driven droughts and increased fire risk. .
www.msn.com/en-us/scienc...
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Two more Sumatran Elephants die amid growing threats from deforestation - Archipelago - The Jakarta Post www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...
Two more Sumatran Elephants die amid growing threats from deforestation - Archipelago - The Jakarta Post
Burhanuddin Masyud, an expert in Ecology and Wildlife Management at Bogor Agricultural University (IPB), recently reported that around 1,585 hectares of Sumatran elephant habitat in the Seblat landsca...
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November 28, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Two more Sumatran Elephants die amid growing threats from deforestation - Archipelago - The Jakarta Post www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...
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The Batang Toru ecosystem, which is the last tropical forest in North Sumatra and home to rare flora such as the Tapanuli Orangutan, has become particularly vulnerable.
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Indonesia News: Forest Damage Suspected as Main Cause of Sumut Flood Tragedy
Catastrophic floods and landslides hit 12 districts in North Sumatra since Wednesday (26/11) due to heavy rains, with North Tapanuli being the worst region.
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November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
The Batang Toru ecosystem, which is the last tropical forest in North Sumatra and home to rare flora such as the Tapanuli Orangutan, has become particularly vulnerable.
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Donate to Orangutan Land Trust
Support our organisation by making a donation
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November 27, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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European Parliament supports year-long deforestation law delay www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
November 27, 2025 at 12:34 PM
European Parliament supports year-long deforestation law delay www.msn.com/en-us/news/w...
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"Over 40,000 imported animals – including endangered species like cheetahs, chimpanzees, and orangutans – were acquired by Vantara, a private zoo."
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CITES withdraws recommendation to suspend trade of endangered species to India
CITES withdraws its earlier recommendation to suspend the trade of endangered species to India, after it failed to garner adequate support.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
"Over 40,000 imported animals – including endangered species like cheetahs, chimpanzees, and orangutans – were acquired by Vantara, a private zoo."
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34 dead as floods ravage last habitat of world’s rarest orangutan
Floods & landslides have ripped through Sumatra, further endangering the world’s rarest great ape species as experts warn years of unchecked deforestation likely amplified the devastation.
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Floods & landslides have ripped through Sumatra, further endangering the world’s rarest great ape species as experts warn years of unchecked deforestation likely amplified the devastation.
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November 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
34 dead as floods ravage last habitat of world’s rarest orangutan
Floods & landslides have ripped through Sumatra, further endangering the world’s rarest great ape species as experts warn years of unchecked deforestation likely amplified the devastation.
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Floods & landslides have ripped through Sumatra, further endangering the world’s rarest great ape species as experts warn years of unchecked deforestation likely amplified the devastation.
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Michelle Desilets, Executive Director of Orangutan Land Trust, outlines the threats to the survival of orangutans and their habitats, and where solutions lie.
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Orangutan crisis: Solutions to save them
Human activities have severely impacted orangutans' survival and habitats. Michelle Desilets from the Orangutan Land Trust tells us more
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November 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Michelle Desilets, Executive Director of Orangutan Land Trust, outlines the threats to the survival of orangutans and their habitats, and where solutions lie.
@savetheorangutan.bsky.social
@sustainablepalmoil.bsky.social
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@sustainablepalmoil.bsky.social
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Indonesia sends reinforcements to Sumatra national park after task force post destroyed in palm oil backlash | Malay Mail www.malaymail.com/news/world/2...
Indonesia sends reinforcements to Sumatra national park after task force post destroyed in palm oil backlash
JAKARTA, Nov 25 — Indonesia has sent reinforcements to a National Park on Sumatra island after a forestry task force command post was destroyed in response to palm oil plantation...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Indonesia sends reinforcements to Sumatra national park after task force post destroyed in palm oil backlash | Malay Mail www.malaymail.com/news/world/2...
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For the first time, scientists have published a detailed report of adoption in these great apes.
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Orangutan adopts little sister after their mother's death
For the first time, scientists have published a detailed report of adoption in these great apes.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:44 AM
For the first time, scientists have published a detailed report of adoption in these great apes.
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...
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Orangutan muda sangat bergantung pada bimbingan sosial dari induknya untuk mengetahui daftar makanan yang aman untuk dikonsumsi.
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Studi: Orangutan Butuh Bimbingan Bertahun-tahun untuk Belajar Makan
Orangutan muda sangat bergantung pada bimbingan sosial dari induknya untuk mengetahui daftar makanan yang aman untuk dikonsumsi.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Orangutan muda sangat bergantung pada bimbingan sosial dari induknya untuk mengetahui daftar makanan yang aman untuk dikonsumsi.
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👉All info is here: www.the-rimba-book.com
(it makes a great gift! 🎁)
(it makes a great gift! 🎁)
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
👉All info is here: www.the-rimba-book.com
(it makes a great gift! 🎁)
(it makes a great gift! 🎁)
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💚 #TheRimba is 100% not-for-profit, all of the proceeds are donated to orangutan conservation organisations. Buy purchasing a copy, you’re helping support real orangutan conservation efforts, rehabilitation programs, and promoting more sustainable practices on the ground.
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
💚 #TheRimba is 100% not-for-profit, all of the proceeds are donated to orangutan conservation organisations. Buy purchasing a copy, you’re helping support real orangutan conservation efforts, rehabilitation programs, and promoting more sustainable practices on the ground.
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After many years of trying to combine my 2 passions, art 🎨 and science 👩🔬, into something meaningful, i have created an educational #ChildrensBook! 📚
✨ Meet The Rimba🦧, a gentle, lyrical tale about a wise orangutan guardian spirit who protects her rainforest home and the creatures who depend on it.
✨ Meet The Rimba🦧, a gentle, lyrical tale about a wise orangutan guardian spirit who protects her rainforest home and the creatures who depend on it.
November 26, 2025 at 8:25 AM
After many years of trying to combine my 2 passions, art 🎨 and science 👩🔬, into something meaningful, i have created an educational #ChildrensBook! 📚
✨ Meet The Rimba🦧, a gentle, lyrical tale about a wise orangutan guardian spirit who protects her rainforest home and the creatures who depend on it.
✨ Meet The Rimba🦧, a gentle, lyrical tale about a wise orangutan guardian spirit who protects her rainforest home and the creatures who depend on it.
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Orangutan muda sangat bergantung pada bimbingan sosial dari induknya untuk mengetahui daftar makanan yang aman untuk dikonsumsi.
www.tempo.co/sains/studi-...
www.tempo.co/sains/studi-...
Studi: Orangutan Butuh Bimbingan Bertahun-tahun untuk Belajar Makan
Orangutan muda sangat bergantung pada bimbingan sosial dari induknya untuk mengetahui daftar makanan yang aman untuk dikonsumsi.
www.tempo.co
November 26, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Orangutan muda sangat bergantung pada bimbingan sosial dari induknya untuk mengetahui daftar makanan yang aman untuk dikonsumsi.
www.tempo.co/sains/studi-...
www.tempo.co/sains/studi-...
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"With orangutan populations dwindling, this study has practical urgency. Orphaned apes, reintroduced without the full breadth of a wild diet, or introduced into different environments, may face starvation or poisoning from unfamiliar plants."
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Orangutans can't master their complex diets without cultural knowledge, research reveals
When a wild orangutan leaves its mother after spending many years by her side, it has a mental catalog of almost 250 edible plants and animals, and the knowledge of how to acquire and process them.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:00 PM
"With orangutan populations dwindling, this study has practical urgency. Orphaned apes, reintroduced without the full breadth of a wild diet, or introduced into different environments, may face starvation or poisoning from unfamiliar plants."
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This is fu*king outrageous!
The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.
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The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.
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Charges dropped against Utah doctor accused of throwing away $28,000 in COVID vaccine doses
The federal government has dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines worth thousands of dollars during the pandemic.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is fu*king outrageous!
The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.
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The federal government on Saturday dismissed charges against a Utah plastic surgeon accused of throwing away COVID-19 vaccines, giving children saline shots instead of the vaccine and selling faked vaccination cards.
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How Deforestation in Bengkulu Threatens the Survival of Sumatran Elephants - Environment En.tempo.co en.tempo.co/read/2067929...
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November 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
How Deforestation in Bengkulu Threatens the Survival of Sumatran Elephants - Environment En.tempo.co en.tempo.co/read/2067929...
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A New Tropical Forest Fund Will Pay Countries, Locals and Indigenous Tribes to Protect Their Trees - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
A New Tropical Forest Fund Will Pay Countries, Locals and Indigenous Tribes to Protect Their Trees - Inside Climate News
This is how the fund, which was seeded with $5.5 billion during COP30, will work—and why the Earth needs it.
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November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A New Tropical Forest Fund Will Pay Countries, Locals and Indigenous Tribes to Protect Their Trees - Inside Climate News insideclimatenews.org/news/2211202...
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UK MPs Urge Starmer to Back Global Forest Initiative www.edie.net/cross-party-...
UK MPs Urge Starmer to Back Global Forest Initiative
UK MPs call on PM Starmer to support global deforestation efforts post-COP30, backing Brazil and Indonesia's $1bn pledges for the TFFF initiative.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:55 AM
UK MPs Urge Starmer to Back Global Forest Initiative www.edie.net/cross-party-...