“Here, at the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme’s Orangutan Quarantine Center, rescued orangutans are rehabilitated so they can be released back into the wild. If we don’t stop this rampant destruction, the Leuser Ecosystem and the Sumatran orangutans that call it home could be lost forever. Click the link in the bio to support this important work,” he added.
Heru Santoso, spokesman for the directorate general for immigration at Indonesia’s law and human rights ministry, said that his recent visit could get him barred from the country.
“My view is that DiCaprio’s concerns are both sincere and substantial, and he has certainly acted in good faith,” Siti Nurbaya, Indonesia’s head of environment and forestry, told foresthints.news. “In fact, we largely share his concerns on this matter.”
Nurbaya denied the reports saying Indonesia will deny him entry into the country.
The spokesperson for the director-general of the immigration department told the BBC: ‘'In terms of [his] visa and immigration permit, Leonardo DiCaprio did not do anything wrong: He entered and left Indonesia legally. But, we still investigate.”
