Indonesian activists protest China-funded dam in orangutan habitat

Mongabay
May 9, 2018, 10:07 am212 pts
JAKARTA — Activists in Indonesia have called on the Chinese government to withdraw funding for a hydroelectric dam that threatens to fragment the only known habitat of the most endangered great ape on Earth. Representatives of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) staged a demonstration on May 8…

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