International Orangutan Day

The 19th of August is International Orangutan Day, a day to recognise the dangers facing the most iconic victim of the palm oil industry. Anyone can participate in the protection of the Critically Endangered orangutans, and International Orangutan Day is a perfect time to show some support. 

The Orangutan Project (TOP) is the world's foremost not-for-profit organisation, supporting orangutan conservation, rainforest protection, local community partnerships and the rehabilitation and reintroduction of displaced orangutans back to the wild, in order to save the two orangutan species from extinction. TOP is a non-partisan organisation that collaborates with several orangutan conservation projects, as well as providing habitat protection through its own programs to deter wildlife poaching, illegal logging and land clearing in Indonesia.