Bank of China to review funding of dam in orangutan habitat in Sumatra

Mongabay
Mar 12, 2019, 7:17 am410 pts
JAKARTA — Bank of China has promised to evaluate a hydroelectric project it is helping fund in Indonesia, which activists say threatens the only known habitat of the Tapanuli orangutan, the rarest great ape species on Earth. “Bank of China will evaluate the project very carefully and make prudent decisions…

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