Online Resources

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Orangutans

http://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orang_utan  Wikipedia Indonesia - Basic information about the orangutan in Indonesian

http://www.orangutan.org/home/home.php  Orangutan Foundation International (in English). Has links to excellent maps, stories, forest fire information etcetera

http://www.pbs.org/edens/borneo/orangs.html Interesting story about orangutans in Borneo / Kalimantan (in English)

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/Primates/Facts/FactSheets/Orangutans/
default.cfm Fact sheets about orangutans (in English)

http://www.nature-conservation.or.id/ Indonesian nature conservation database

http://www.orangutans-sos.org/   Sumatran Orangutan Society

http://www.sumatranorangutan.com/site_mawas/UK/index.htm   Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program

http://www.orangutan.org/facts/tanjung.php Tanjung Puting National Park

http://www.abc.net.au/4corners/content/2002/timber_mafia/default.htm Four Corners program exposing illegal logging
 

Adopting an orangutan:

http://www.starnames.com/starnames/uslstarnames.asp?nextstep=adopt-an-orangutan In conjunction with WWF

http://orangutan.org.au/ Australian Orangutan Project

http://worldanimalfoundation.homestead.com/AdoptAnOrangutan.html World Animal Foundation
 

Indonesian animals in general:

http://www.indonesiaphoto.com/index.php  Photos and articles about Indonesia. Select 'Flora and fauna' in the menu on the left

http://www.animalinfo.org/country/indones.htm  Animals of Indonesia

http://www.savethetigerfund.org/AllAboutTigers/Subspecies/sumatran.htm The Sumatran Tiger

Islands of Indonesia:

http://www.curriculum.edu.au/accessasia/goindonesia/index.htm  Islands of Indonesia (in English)

http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/4466/  Indonesia National Parks

http://www.peterloud.co.uk/indonesia/ Maps of Indonesia

http://www.pbs.org/edens/borneo  Borneo: Island in the Clouds (in English)

Conservation groups:

http://forests.org/ Forest conservation site that includes links to orangutan projects

http://www.profauna.or.id/ The only Indonesian membership based animal protection organisation in Indonesia (available in English and Indonesian)

http://www.fauna-flora.org/

http://www.conservation.org/xp/CIWEB/home

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/

http://www.worldwildlife.org/index.cfm World Wildlife Fund

http://www.iucn.org/themes/ssc/index.htm Species Survival Commission of the World Conservation Union

For the teacher:

http://www1.tpg.com.au/users/wendie/animals1.htm  Lesson plans and links around investigating Indonesian animals and creating fact files

http://www.pbs.org/wildindonesia/resources/zoo.html Classroom resources for a 'virtual zoo' project (lacks an Indonesian component - suitable for transdisciplinary approach, collaborating with a SOSE teacher)