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ORANGUTAN CONSERVANCY 2011 ORANGUTAN VETERINARY ADVISORY GROUP WORKSHOP REPORT   Photos provided by Raffaella Commitante, Steve Unwin and orangutan portraits by Wiwik Astutik (BOS Samboja Lestari) Orangutan Conservancy 2011 Veterinary Workshop logo courtesy Amy Burgess © Copyright 2011 by Orangutan Conservancy Prepared with participants of the Orangutan Conservancy 2011, Orangutan Veterinary Advisory Group (OVAG) Workshop, Jogjakarta, Indonesia, 4-8 July 2011  …

(Reuters) – In lush times, orangutans on the island of Borneo gorge themselves on forest fruits, packing on extra pounds in preparation for leaner years, when they live off leaves and bark and their own stored fat. This behavior of overeating is all too common in humans, but rarely seen in nonhuman primates, and studying it may offer some clues …

  In July of 2011 an extraordinary group of wildlife veterinarians and healthcare workers came together in Jogjakarta for the annual OC/OVAG Veterinary Workshop.  The multi-day event was once again the gathering spot for those on the front lines of wildlife animal care, and once again the workshop was sponsored and staged by the Orangutan Conservancy.  The full report from this year’s …

The governor of Indonesia’s Aceh province has breached a ban on clearing forests that is at the heart of a $1 billion climate deal with Norway, earning a rebuke by a senior government official on Thursday. The two-year moratorium on issuing permits to log and convert forests, effective from May this year, is meant to protect primary forests and peatlands …