Target: Mr. Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia
Goal: Protect the Sumatran orangutan and its habitat by addressing the issues of deforestation and poaching, and promoting sustainable land use practices in Indonesia.
The Sumatran orangutan is critically endangered, with only an estimated 14,600 individuals left in the wild. Habitat loss and poaching are the major threats to the survival of this iconic species. Deforestation for palm oil plantations, logging, and mining has destroyed much of the orangutan’s natural habitat, while poaching for the pet trade and bushmeat has further depleted their numbers.
To protect the Sumatran orangutan and its habitat, it is essential that immediate action be taken to address the root causes of these threats. This requires a commitment to sustainable land use practices, including the protection and restoration of forests and the development of alternative livelihoods for local communities. Additionally, law enforcement and governance must be strengthened to combat poaching and illegal wildlife trade.
Through sustainable land use practices, law enforcement and governance, and public education and awareness-raising, we can protect the Sumatran orangutan and its habitat. By taking action to protect the Sumatran orangutan and its habitat, we can also protect the rich biodiversity of Indonesia and ensure the long-term wellbeing of its people.
Sign below and demand Mr. Siti Nurbaya Bakar, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Republic of Indonesia, take immediate action and support this critical initiative.
PETITION LETTER:
Dear Mr. Siti Nurbaya Bakar,
I am writing to urge you to take action to protect the Sumatran orangutan and its habitat in Indonesia. The Sumatran orangutan is critically endangered due to habitat loss and poaching, with only an estimated 14,600 individuals left in the wild. Deforestation for palm oil plantations, logging, and mining has destroyed much of the orangutan’s natural habitat, while poaching for the pet trade and bushmeat has further depleted their numbers.
To address these issues, we need to promote sustainable land use practices, including the protection and restoration of forests, and the development of alternative livelihoods for local communities. Additionally, we must strengthen law enforcement and governance to combat poaching and illegal wildlife trade.
By taking action to protect the Sumatran orangutan and its habitat, we can also protect the rich biodiversity of Indonesia and ensure the long-term wellbeing of its people. We urge you to take immediate action and support efforts to strengthen this important cause.
Thank you for your attention to this critical issue.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
Photo Credit: Shaunak All That Breathes
Please protect Sumatran orangutans.
I understand that some of the poachers are people trying to make a living – but they’re poaching! They are killing innocent animals for money and that is just wrong. Don’t tell me that poaching is the only way to get by, to make a living, in all these countries where poaching is a problem. If that is a person’s plan in life, to kill innocent animals for money, then you’re just lazy and need to be dealt with extremely harshly. And the government should be putting a stop to you and your poaching.
What Uncommom Sensesc Says: My thoughts exactly. Only lazy lowlifes would do this to make money. Get a skill, bastards, I would say and stop being evil. You are going straight to hell. African governments STOP THIS EVIL NOW. PLEASE.
It’s Indonesia, not Africa.
Just as bad.
Agree with comments above. THERE IS NO NEED FOR POACHING!
Orangutans or any animal does not belong to man! They have free will (like any human) and that should be respected. They also have every right to have a home on this planet.
If Habitat loss and poaching are the root causes, it is time to put in place stringent legal measures to severely punish both or YOU WILL LOSE EVErYTHING!!!!!!
killing the wildlife is NOT the answer. Killing the killers of wildlife ….is.
Comparto totalmente Janet!!!!
If i was a millionaire i would pay to have the poachers killed
This is sickening. We must do whatever possible to stop the massacre of these incredible creatures. I don’t want to live in a works they no longer exist in…please…
It is such a shame that no intervention from Indonesian Government exists thus far in protecting such a beautiful species. A destruction that is preventable. I support this Petition in hopes that immediate action is taken to protect these Orangutans.
Poor uneducated people do not understand that they are wiping a unique species out. The government needs to do more to not just stop poaching but get these people into a trade that not only provides them a living but saves the species. Of course, the government is also corrupt and only thinking of money.
And what will they kill when they make the organutans extinct? Do any of these fools ever think of that?
We are a dismal calamitous species.
STOP POACHING KILLING ORANGUTANS AND ALL OTHER WILDLIFE ANIMALS TOO!! BAN ALL ANIMAL KILLINGS BY POACHERS, TROPHY HUNTING, AND ALL OTHER TYPES OF KILLING ALL KINDS OF ANIMALS EVERYWHERE IMMEDIATELY!!!!! ANY ONE WHOM KILLS ANY ANIMALS DESEVES TO BE KILLED ON THE SPOT!!!!
These poachers are GREEDY CRIMINALS and need to be IMPRISONED for LIFE before they destroy the most precious and iconic non-human species on Earth!!!
STOP KILLING/POACHING THESE DEFENSELESS, PRECIOUS LIVING BEINGS!!! WHY ARE YOU ALLOWING THIS INDONESIA??? YOU CAN GENERATE INCOME BY ECO-TOURISM, RESPECTFUL, CONSCIENTIOUS VIEWING OF THESE BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS AND OTHER FLORA AND FAUNA.
Agree all comments,
Kill these who do this what’s wrong with this world .Stop animal cruelty now.
Warum wissen diese Menschen nicht, dass jedes Tier leben will und genau so Schmerzen empfindet wie wir Menschen.
Mir wird speiübel, wenn ich dies lese. Diese Grausamkeiten müssen aufhören – egal wo diese stattfinden.
Stop killing and destroying whatever gets in the way of profits!! If this is the only means for these people to make a living well give them something else so that they can stop this sad and illegal trade. 🤬
Poachers are committing a crime. Why are they so easily let off the hook? Personally, I would like to organize a poacher hunt, but that’s just me–or is it?
This is all and only because of a Government’s greed and susceptibility to bribery from big corporations. 🙁 No thought to their poor citizens nor wildlife! Just their own pockets…
ENOUGH OF THE POOR PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING….WRONG, WICKED AND CRUEL IS WHAT IT IS!! NO, NO, NO EXCUSES.
I HAVE SEEN MANY POOR PEOPLE ABROAD AND THEY DO NOT TAKE PART IN SUCH VILE KILLING.
THIS IS A LAME EXCUSE.
GO AFTER THOSE WHO ARE DOING THIS, ALONG WITH THOSE WHO BUY THESE POOR ANIMALS AND SORT THIS VILE MESS OUT.
THIS IS WRONG….WRONG IS WRONG AND THEY ALL KNOW IT.
All poachers all over the world should automatically be shot dead