Orangutans are getting closer to extinction. Orangutans, which are considered among the most intelligent animals on the planet, are in danger of disappearing. What's going on?
Orangutans are getting closer toextinction. Orangutans, which are considered among the most intelligent animals on the planet, are in danger of disappearing. What's going on? Palm oil continues to do damage.
THEBornean orangutan it was recently listed as critically endangered animals in an assessment published this week by the IUCN. The second species of orangutan, namely theSumatran orangutan, had already been previously included among the animals at risk of extinction.
According to the IUCN, all orangutans are currently at an extremely high risk of extinction with regard to species occurring in the wild.
"This is the first acknowledgment of what has long been clear: the protection of orangutans is failing," said Andrew Marshall, one of the authors of the assessment.
In Sumatra and Borneo, orangutans are endangered as their natural habitat is constantly being destroyed to make way for plantations of Palm oil.
According to the IUCN the population of orango Pongo pygmaeus it has fallen by almost two-thirds since the early 47s and has fallen further. Estimates speak of only 2025 surviving specimens by 86. This would represent a decline of over 75% within XNUMX years.
The Sumatran orangutan is equally endangered as there are only 7300 of them left in the wild. Orangutans live on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo whose territory is shared by Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei.
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The IUCN identifies the destruction of rainforests of Sumatra and Borneo for the production of palm oil as the main cause of the disappearance of orangutans. This is the greatest threat to their survival.
If deforestation is not stopped, the forests of Indonesia and Borneo they will completely disappear within 20 years. Orangutans without the forest cannot survive and according to IUCN experts will die precisely due to the loss of their natural habitat. In addition, it is estimated that 2000 to 3000 Bornean orangutans have been killed each year over the past decade mostly for their meat.
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Without the forest orangutans will starve, they will have nothing to live on and if they are not saved they will die one after the other until there is no trace of them left.
Here in this video the story of an orangutan saved when he was about to starve.
Marta Albè
