The PONGO Alliance

Dr John Payne, Executive Director, PONGO Alliance | Dr Felicity Oram, Kinabatangan Project Director, PONGO Alliance

22-Jun-20 15:00

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The PONGO Alliance is an alliance of oil palm growers, businesses and NGOs, who aim to make resilient landscapes for wildlife and people, by seeking ways to allow lands outside protected areas to play a role in conserving wildlife. We find out more about the alliance and how they are working to create a Human and Orangutan Coexistence Landscape, from its Executive Director, Dr John Payne, and also from Dr Felicity Oram, who is the Kinabatangan Project Director for the alliance.

Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs

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Categories: Environment, Science

Tags: The Bigger Picture, Earth Matters, PONGO Alliance, Orangutan Conservation, Oil palm plantations, Dr John Payne, Kinabatangan, metapopulation health, habitat connectivity, human and orangutan coexistence,

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