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Indonesia’s orangutans may be extinct within years, says expert

Source
CIFOR

Publication Date
2011-10-24

BOGOR, Indonesia (24 October, 2011)_As swathes of Indonesia’s forests are converted into timber and oil palm plantations, orangutans are being split into small and isolated population pockets, and most of the animals will be dead within years, warns Dr. Biruté Galdikas, the world’s foremost expert on the primate.

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http://blog.cifor.org/4598/indonesia’s-orangutans-may-be-extinct-within-years-says-expert/