Bornean orangutan with child. Their home, the Kutai national park, is at risk
Dear friends of the rainforest,
more than 2,000 orangutans on the Indonesian island of Borneo are in danger. A British conglomerate called Churchill Mining claims to have the rights to a coal deposit below the grounds of their conservation area.
The company has already been caught illegally logging in the Kutai national park, one of the most important habitats of the endangered Bornean orangutans. This is why an Indonesian authority revoked a formerly issued licence. Now Churchill Mining is preparing an international lawsuit in order to claim its right to destruction.
The planned opencast mine would seriously damage the national park's delicate ecosystem. The endangered Bornean orangutans would lose even more desperately needed habitat.
Please help to save the orangutans. Write to Churchill and the Indonesian government. No mining in the orangutan forest!
Thanks for being involved,
Reinhard Behrend
Rainforest Rescue (Rettet den Regenwald e.V.)
info@rainforest-rescue.org
www.rainforest-rescue.org
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