Borneo, ravaged by deforestation, loses nearly 150,000 orangutans in 16 years, study finds

Mongabay
Feb 15, 2018, 12:07 pm194 pts
JAKARTA — The world lost more than 100,000 orangutans from the island of Borneo in the past 16 years due to habitat loss and killing, and is on track to lose another 45,000 by 2050, according to a new paper in the journal Current Biology. The study, published Feb. 15, observed 36,555 orangutan nests across…

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