orangutan
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Orangutans matter
90% of their time is spent above the oaks of the tropical rain forest, in Sumatra and Borneo. The rare times they descend from the treetops, they walk in a quadrupedal fashion. Thanks to their long arms (which when standing up can almost reach the ground), they hug the trees that we are killing without conscience or remorse.
Trees are their home, there they build their nests with leafy branches. They create a kind of shelter from the intense and frequent rains with leaves that they use as umbrellas in the heights.
Their survival depends entirely on their environment, on the resilience of the ecosystems that we are destroying, on the trees that provide them with the food they need and that we are cutting down.
Read about orangutans and their ecosystems
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How do we act?
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Awareness is the first step towards action,
we are running out of time.
Palm
Orangutans are being displaced by palm oil, they are in danger and with no places to live. Nearly 150,000 orangutans have been killed by logging, palm oil, and conflict with humans. From 1999 to 2015, its population decreased by 50% and it is expected that more than 40,000 orangutans could disappear in the next 35 years. We raise awareness about the destruction of nature and the disappearance of orangutans behind palm oil, promoting alternatives and solutions.
Borneo
These impressive orange primates live in Borneo and Sumatra. Instead, since 1999 we have lost nearly 150,000 Bornean orangutans.
That figure has meant a reduction of the population by half. And we could lose more than 40,000 in the next 35 years unless we act now. It's time to wake up and do something before it's too late.
Tapanuli
A new species of orangutan has been discovered on an island in Sumatra: the Tapanuli orangutan. We hardly know that it exists and we are aware that it is already at serious risk of extinction. There are only about 800 Tapanuli orangutans left alive on the planet, distributed in three fragmented populations. Raising awareness about the importance of these living beings is key for them to escape extinction and immediate measures are taken to protect their natural habitat in Indonesia and end their hunting.
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