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Future of orangutans in balance as company with Scottish roots searches for gold – Ian Redmond
June 21, 2021
Now is the time for the global economy to move from an extractive view of nature, where nature is seen as an ‘externality’ with a value of zero until mined or logged to a more regenerative view. Like all life on earth, including orangutans, humans depend on the ecosystem services provided by natural processes and yet they do not appear in our balance sheets.
Statement in Response to Tragic Mudslide in Batang Toru, Indonesia
May 3, 2021
Our hearts go out to the families of the people who have been killed or injured in this tragic disaster.
Revealed: Newly-discovered orangutan species is ‘being driven to extinction’ by British firm’s goldmine
September 7, 2020
UK Environment minister Lord Goldsmith has said the company has a "moral obligation" to stop degrading the environment.
Dam Threatening Extinction of Tapanuli Orangutans Delayed at Least Three Years
August 3, 2020
In a win for the endangered Tapanuli orangutans, the Batang Toru dam project in North Sumatra is halted over environmental concerns.
New Analysis: Batang Toru Hydroelectric Plant ‘Unnecessary’
January 22, 2020
The dam's backers have mischaracterized, exaggerated, or manufactured much of the rationale for the project.
International Orangutan Day: Meet the Most Endangered Great Ape
August 19, 2019
This International Orangutan Day, join Mighty Earth in our fight to protect the Tapanuli orangutan and sign the petition to Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
Resistance Grows to US$ 1.6b Dam That Threatens New Orangutan Species and Communities
May 2, 2019
Fact-finding mission discovers growing local opposition to dam construction
Hey Mandarin! We’re not a fan–save the orangutan
March 27, 2019
This chant rang out in NYC and London, as demonstrators converged on Mandarin Oriental Hotel to call for an end to their complicity in the destruction of orangutan habitat. Mandarin is owned by parent company Jardine Matheson, whose corporate activities threaten to wipe out the world’s last remaining population of Tapanuli orangutans.
Mandarin Oriental Hotel: Save the Tapanuli Orangutan
March 20, 2019
Mighty Earth is joining the Ape Alliance and other allies in a dramatic protest against Jardine Matheson -- owner of the internationally acclaimed, 5-star Mandarin Oriental Hotels to draw attention to the precarious state of the Tapanuli orangutan, an endangered ape threatened by industrial development.
Bank of China to Reevaluate Dam Project That Threatens Endangered Orangutan with Extinction
March 11, 2019
The Batang Toru dam would permanently disrupt the habitat of the Tapanuli orangutan and would contribute to the first extinction of a great ape – our closest cousins in the animal kingdom – in all our recorded history.