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Orang Utan
Bornean Orang Utan; The orang-utan is Asia’s only great ape. Fruit makes up the bulk of an orang-utan’s diet, however other items include leaves, flowers, pith, fungi, honey, termites, small mammals and birds’ eggs. Adult orang-utans are largely solitary. The bond between a mother orang-utan and her young is very strong. Orang-utans face a multitude of threats ranging from loss of habitat as forest is converted for agriculture to hunting and fires. The largest Bornean orang-utan population is now found in the south-western part of Borneo. However, a recent wave of forest conversion, illegal logging and wildlife poaching and the growing threat of palm oil plantations is putting even more pressure on the orang-utan’s survival.
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is working to conserve orang-utans in and around Borneo’s Gunung Palung National Park, home to the world’s largest orang-utan population along with clouded leopards, sun bears, and proboscis monkeys.
We’ve set up orang-utan protection and monitoring units, consisting of community members and forest rangers, to patrol critical orang-utan areas. This was the first community-based protection unit for orang-utans in Indonesia.
" Save me...."
Orang Utan
Bornean Orang Utan; The orang-utan is Asia’s only great ape. Fruit makes up the bulk of an orang-utan’s diet, however other items include leaves, flowers, pith, fungi, honey, termites, small mammals and birds’ eggs. Adult orang-utans are largely solitary. The bond between a mother orang-utan and her young is very strong. Orang-utans face a multitude of threats ranging from loss of habitat as forest is converted for agriculture to hunting and fires. The largest Bornean orang-utan population is now found in the south-western part of Borneo. However, a recent wave of forest conversion, illegal logging and wildlife poaching and the growing threat of palm oil plantations is putting even more pressure on the orang-utan’s survival.
Fauna & Flora International (FFI) is working to conserve orang-utans in and around Borneo’s Gunung Palung National Park, home to the world’s largest orang-utan population along with clouded leopards, sun bears, and proboscis monkeys.
We’ve set up orang-utan protection and monitoring units, consisting of community members and forest rangers, to patrol critical orang-utan areas. This was the first community-based protection unit for orang-utans in Indonesia.