Worker feared dead as landslide hits quake-prone dam in orangutan habitat

Mongabay
Dec 7, 2020, 12:35 am208 pts
JAKARTA — One person is missing and feared dead following a series of landslides near the site of a planned hydropower plant in the only known habitat of the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan in Sumatra. Heavy rains triggered an initial landslide on Dec. 3 in the Batang Toru forest in North Sumatra…

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