Deforestation surges in hotspot of critically endangered Bornean orangutans

BALIKPAPAN, Indonesia — The deforestation rate has surged in a key habitat for critically endangered orangutans in Indonesian Borneo, with an area of forest 40 times the size of New York City’s Central Park cleared this year alone, independent monitoring shows. The habitat overlaps with the pulpwood concession of the company PT Mayawana Persada…
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