Be an Informed Consumer

Since orangutan habitat is being rapidly destroyed partly to harvest products for human consumption (wood, oil palm), an important way that you can help orangutans is by avoiding products that come from Southeast Asia and are not sustainably harvested. Visit the useful websites (coming soon) listed below to learn more about companies that do and do not have ecologically sound practices and the retailers who buy from them. Please shop wisely and encourage your friends and family to do so as well.

Rob, male orangutan at Gunung Palung (Photo: Tim Laman)