Indonesian National Park Threatened

Your Help Is Urgently Needed

Tanjung Puting is a splendid national park in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. This park in Borneo is home to proboscis monkeys, gibbons, orangutans, many endangered bird and reptile species, and huge ancient trees.

Sadly this unique park is itself an endangered species.

Please join an international letter and fax campaign to help create urgent awareness of the need for the Indonesian Government to bring to an immediate end illegal logging and gold mining still taking place within the national park.

Homeless Baby Orangutan

A campaign has begun with the local guide association in Pangkalanbun, Kalimantan, along with many other Indonesian non-governmental organizations. However the park also needs the support of the international community.

Those of you who have visited Tanjung Puting know how important it is to save the remaining habitat which is home to so many primates and an immense variety of fauna and flora.

Please send courteous letters requesting that the Tanjung Puting National Park be protected from loggers and gold-miners. If you have been to Tanjung Puting, describe your experience. If you haven't, tell the recipients of your letters that you want to go to see a rain-forest full of life -- and hope to find the Tanjung Puting area properly protected.

ADDRESSES FOR LETTERS AND FAXES AND SUGGESTED SALUTATIONS