A number of initiatives
are striving to help the Orangutan survive in Borneo.
Donations will go to BOS a Sanctuary involved in saving the Orangutan.
In prehistoric times, orangutans lived throughout Asia roaming
as far north as China.
Today deforestation and the spread of
humans have limited the untouched rainforest to a few remaining
areas in Borneo and Sumatra.
It is only on these two islands that
there are large enough forest areas to sustain a viable breeding
population of orangutans, but even here the forest is rapidly
disappearing. During the last 50 years their habitat has been
eaten away by urban growth, plantations and farmland. The spreading
of oil palm plantations - unless it is stopped - could spell
the end of all wild orangutans
While exact numbers are unknown, one thing is for sure, the
number of orangutans in the wild is decreasing drastically.
In Sumatra the latest calculations show that orangutan numbers have
been reduced from 12,000 in 1993 to only about 6,500 today. In
Borneo fewer than 40,000 orangutans are believed to remain
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