Two days after a photography workshop at COP School in Jakarta, COP Orangufriends held another similar workshop in Mess 56 in Jogjakarta on August 26, 2010. There were twenty participants attending the photography workshop, featuring Akik and Bismo – professional photographers from Mess 56 community. In addition to Mess 56, COP Orangufriends was also assisted by Animal Friend of Jogja (AFJ) while organizing the workshop.    The workshop has successfully won many participants attention as many of them eager to become COP volunteers and will support COP activities for orangutans and their habitat sustainability in Indonesia. For example, Gabriele, a student from the State University of Jogjakarta. She shared her concern about forest around her hometown, Bontang in East Kalimantan. She spelt out that orangutans used to be easily spotted in the forests around Bontang when she was a kid. However the forest has gone and orangutans are hardly found now. ...

Today, rain heavily, the river overflowed again. It is happening for the 21 times in 2010. So - average every 10 days, the Dayak communities around the Mendalam forest in Kapuas Hulu should be soaked in a flood. Seems fair if community ask the Forestry Ministry to revoke the license for logging company of PT Toras Banua Success. It is also fair, when they get upset to Forestry Ministry because they feel being ignored. "Maybe we were just considered as a monkey. If he could stay the flood of rain on the tree, "said one of them. Please help Mendalam villagers. This will also help the orangutans. The forest in the upper Kapuas is the source of local community livelihoods as well orangutans. A letter of protest to the Ministry of Forestry can be downloaded from: http://www.rainforest-rescue.org/protestaktion.php?id=610 COP works in assisting local tribe to protect Mendalam forests and orangutan habitat ...