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Original Letter*: 7 May 1999

Update: 6 July 1999

Update: 14 November 1999

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Press Release from Dr. Carel van Schaik, June 1999

Report on Illegal Logging in Indonesia by EIA

Suggested reading regarding orangutans at Suaq Balimbing

Information on Indonesian Wildlife and National Parks

European Union Forest Liaison Bureau

 

Suggested Reading and Further Information Regarding Orangutans at Suaq Balimbing


To learn more about the orangutans at Suaq Balimbing, please see the following references:
 

van Schaik CP, M. Ancrenaz, G. Borgen, B. Galdikas, C.D. Knott, I. Singleton, A. Suzuki, S. Utami, M. Merrill (2003) Orangutan cultures and the evolution of material culture. Science 299(1): 102-105.

van Schaik CP, Fox EA, and Sitompul AF (1996) Manufacture and use of tools in wild Sumatran orangutans. Naturwissenschaften 83:186-188.

van Schaik CP (1999) Fission-fusion sociality in Sumatran orangutans. Primates 40: 73-90.

Fox EA, Sitompul AF, and van Schaik CP (1999) Intelligent tool use in wild Sumatran orangutans. In ST Parker, HL Miles and RW Mitchell (eds.): The Mentality of Gorillas and Orangutans. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

van Schaik CP, Deaner R and Merrill M (1999)  A primate model for the evolution of material culture.  Journal of Human Evolution June 1999

van Schaik CP, Azwar, and Priatna D (1995) Population estimates and habitat preferences based on line transects of nests. In RD Nadler, BFM Galdikas, LK Sheeran and N Rosen (eds.): The Neglected Ape. New York: Plenum Press, pp. 129-147.

You can see an orangutan from Suaq Balimbing make and use a tool with a Neesia sp. fruit by downloading this 2MB video.

To learn more about the illegal logging situation at Suaq, you may wish to read or see the following:


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