Christmas gift to the planet: massive rainforest reserve created in Borneo

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By <a class="author-link"…Dec 23, 2015, 10:20 pm142 pts
Christmas has come early for some of the planet's most endangered animals: the Malaysian state of Sabah has established a 68,000-hectare rainforest reserve that houses orangutans, elephants, and clouded leopards, among countless other species. The decision was announced today by the Rainforest Trust, an NGO…

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