The Batang Toru cloud forest in Sumatra is home to the recently discovered but critically endangered Tapanuli Orangutan. Hotlin Ompusunggu works with local communities to save them by encouraging villagers to grow tree saplings at home and bring them to the clinic as part payment for medical treatment. Chainsaws can also be traded in to […]
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These six amazing animal activists are working to protect special species around the world. Here, we catch up with them to learn about the incredible animals they’re working to save, and just how they’re doing it… Each of these inspirational projects won a 2016 Whitley Award from the Whitley Fund for Nature, a charity that funds vital conservation
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Alam Sehat Lestari Foundation (ASRI) Co-Founder and Senior advisor Social Engagement, Biodiversity / Nature Conservation, Climate Change Whitley Awards, 2011 Whitley Awards, 2016 Whitley Gold Award 2016 Hotlin Ompusunggu Hotlin is a license dentist and the Co-Founder of Alam Sehat Lestari (ASRI), a nongovernmental organization in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. ASRI integrates conservation and healthcare through
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Scheme offering Indonesian villages that stop illegal logging large discounts on medical care is saving lives as well as the rainforest As a dental surgeon, a successful career in conservation was not something Dr Hotlin Ompusunggu ever imagined. But her work in Indonesia, where she has helped save orangutans by providing people with healthcare discounts if
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