Environmentalists call for recognition of orangutan, rhino habitat as heritage site

Mongabay
By Rhett ButlerDec 11, 2013, 4:17 pm124 pts
Environmentalists in Indonesia's Aceh Province are calling upon the local governor to nominate the Leuser Ecosystem as a UNESCO World Heritage Site to help protect the area — one of the last places where rhinos, elephants, tigers, and orangutans share the same habitat — from new legislation that would grant…

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