Forests.org: Ecology/Wildlife/Primates Links

Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK editor's pick

http://www.savetheorangutan.co.uk/splash.html

9 out of 10 stars (22 votes)

U.K. branch of the Balikpapan Orangutan Survival Foundation works to protect the orangutan in its natural habitat, and to promote its long-term welfare in Indonesia

Added: Oct. 19, 2006 | Rate It

American Society of Primatologists

https://www.asp.org/index.cfm

an educational and scientific organization that aims to understand nonhuman primates and to facilitate the exchange of information about them

Added: Mar. 17, 2001 | Rate It

Ape Alliance

http://www.4apes.com/

an international coalition of organisations and individuals, working for the conservation and welfare of apes

Added: Apr. 09, 2005 | Rate It

Australian Orangutan Project

http://www.orangutan.org.au/

a non profit organization staffed by volunteers to raise funds and collect donations for Orangutan Conservation and habitat protection

Added: Oct. 24, 2010 | Rate It

Bonobo Initiative, The

http://bonobo.org/

9 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

information about bonobos and efforts to save these amazing apes from extinction

Added: Feb. 12, 2001 | Rate It

Borneo Orangutan Survival International (BOS)

http://savetheorangutan.org/splash.html

works on protection and reintroduction of orangutans on Borneo

Added: Jun. 17, 2003 | Rate It

Bushmeat Project: Save the Great Apes, Chimps and Gorillas

http://bushmeat.net/

works to stop the slaughter of the great apes, chimps and gorillas

Added: Jan. 26, 2001 | Rate It

Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund

http://www.cwaf.org/

saves orphan apes and educates the people of Cameroon about the value of their living natural heritage

Added: Apr. 09, 2005 | Rate It

CITES Bushmeat Working Group

http://www.cites.org/eng/prog/bushmeat.shtml

formed to coordinate enforcement of international rules for trade in endangered species products

Added: Apr. 09, 2005 | Rate It

Conservation and Use of Wildlife-Based Resources: The Bushmeat Crisis

http://www.cifor.cgiar.org/publications/pdf_files/media/cbd-ts-33-en.pdf

a report by the Convention on Biological Diversity Technical Series Report No. 33 that addresses the hunting of tropical forest "bushmeat" -- wildlife for food -- in Africa (pdf)

Added: Sep. 22, 2008 | Rate It

Declining Orangutan Encounter Rates

http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0012042

a report that investigates orangutan densities in Borneo and analyzes reasons for any observed changes

Added: May. 09, 2011 | Rate It

Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International, The

http://www.gorillafund.org/

dedicated to the conservation and protection of gorillas and their habitat in Africa

Added: Jan. 29, 2001 | Rate It

Gorilla Foundation

http://www.gorilla.org/

promotes the protection, preservation and propagation of gorillas

Added: Mar. 23, 2001 | Rate It

Gorilla Organization, The

http://www.gorillas.org/

works internationally to save the world's last remaining gorillas in the wild

Added: Nov. 15, 2008 | Rate It

Gorilla.CD

http://gorillacd.org/

official blog of Virunga National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, documenting their efforts to protect the gorillas

Added: Nov. 05, 2008 | Rate It

Great Ape Project International, The

http://www.greatapeproject.org/

seeks to include the nonhuman great apes within the community of equals by granting them basic moral and legal protection that only human beings currently enjoy

Added: Mar. 17, 2001 | Rate It

Great Apes Survival Project (GRASP)

http://www.unep.org/grasp/

8 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

UNEP and UNESCO project seeking to lift the threat of imminent extinction faced by gorillas, chimpanzees, bonobos and orangutans

Added: Dec. 07, 2003 | Rate It

International Primate Protection League

http://www.ippl.org/

9 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

works for the well-being of primates through education, creating and preserving national parks and sanctuaries, and for the strict control of primate hunting, trapping, and sale

Added: Mar. 23, 2001 | Rate It

Jane Goodall Institute, The

http://www.janegoodall.org/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

seeks to increase the conservation of primate habitat, promoting activities that ensure the well-being of chimpanzees, other primates and animal welfare activities in general

Added: Mar. 20, 2001 | Rate It

Leakey Foundation, The

http://www.leakeyfoundation.org/

5 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

seeks to increase scientific knowledge and public understanding of human origins and evolution

Added: Jun. 17, 2005 | Rate It

Orangutan Foundation International

http://www.orangutan.org/

10 out of 10 stars (2 votes)

supports the conservation and understanding of the orangutan and its rain forest habitat while caring for ex-captive individuals as they make their way back to the forest

Added: Feb. 05, 2001 | Rate It

Orangutan Foundation UK, The

http://www.orangutan.org.uk/

10 out of 10 stars (1 vote)

aims to protect the orangutan and the conservation of its rainforest habitat while caring for and repatriating ex-captive orangutans back into the wild

Added: Feb. 15, 2001 | Rate It