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Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (Established 2001)
Conservation Agency
Web Site: http://www.sumatranorangutan.com

Director: Regina Frey
Phone: (0041)-52-318 23 23   Fax: (0041)-52-318 19 06   E-Mail: mailbox@sumatranorangutan.com
Chileweg 5, CH-8415 Berg am Irchel SWITZERLAND

Mission: To establish a new conservation programme that will include establishing and managing an orangutan medical quarantine, a re-introduction site and facilities, and an orangutan viewing centre, including a training programme for tourist guides and park rangers; To improve law enforcement for the protection of orangutans and to promote the conservation of wild orangutans in their natural habitat; To promote nature conservation in Indonesia.

Associated Field Sites: Batumbelin Orangutan Quarantine Centre, Desa Batumbelin, Sibolangit, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Contact person; Dr Ian Singleton (email: mokko@indo.net.id) Orangutan Re-introduction Station, Taman Nasional Bukit Tigapuluh, Jambi, Sumatra. Contact person: Dr Peter H. Pratje (email:ppratje@eudoramail.com)

Supported Species: Pongo abelii (Sumatran orangutan)

Publications: SOCP Newsletter (quarterly)

Comments: The Sumatran orangutan conservation programme is co-directed by PanEco Foundation, Zoological Society of Frankfurt a/M (FZS), the Nature Conservation Service of the Republic of Indonesia (PHKA), and the Foundation for a Sustainable Ecosystem (YEL).

Last Updated: 2002-10-07

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