Sentences with phrase «endangered orangutans»

Agence France - Presse reports that part of a national park on Borneo island, home to hundreds of endangered orangutans, has been turned into a development zone complete with an airport and brothel.

Most of Malaysia's forest loss occurred in its densest forests, those with tree cover exceeding 50 percent, which generally store the most carbon and are richest with wildlife, including endangered orangutans, pygmy elephants, Sumatran rhinos, and clouded leopards.

Check out Harrison Ford's infuriated response to an overflight of charred, formerly forested land, the habitat of endangered orangutans and other species.

Saving endangered orangutans and supporting indigenous cultures in the Amazon via avoided deforestation credits is a compelling alternative compared to some of the alternatives we see (i.e. financing private wind farms).

† In addition, by sourcing our MCT oil from coconuts, we prevent the deforestation of palm forests — a natural habitat for endangered orangutans.

The island is also one of two places in the world where endangered orangutans, elephants, and rhinos live together.

The loss of habitats is the greatest threat to the endangered orangutans, and now a new study says their existence could be further jeopardized if conservation efforts don't include reintroducing these great apes into natural environments with enough high - energy food for them to survive.

«Endangered orangutans face a new threat: Study says some habitats may not offer enough high - energy food.»

«Considering that most of the critically endangered orangutan's habitat is disturbed by human activities, understanding the habitat elements required to ensure orangutan survival in degraded forests is key for their long - term survival,» added Marc Ancrenaz of HUTAN / Borneo Futures, a core project partner.

Nye tackles everything from toothpaste (does it endanger orangutans in Borneo?)

New populations of orangutans found Conservationists have found a new population of orangutans in a mountainous corner of Indonesia, a discovery that raises the total number of the endangered orangutan population by possibly thousands.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, conventional production has resulted in significant negative environmental and social impact, including large - scale deforestation that's endangering the future of orangutans.

Orangutans live only on Borneo and the island of Sumatra and are endangered in both places.

Bornean orangutans are critically endangered, and despite intense conservation efforts, their numbers continue to decline.

We already knew about two species of orangutan: the Bornean (Pongo pygmaeus) and Sumatran (Pongo abelii), both of which are critically endangered.

Based on population numbers, Tapanuli orangutans may be the most endangered great apes, says Vincent Nijman at Oxford Brookes University, UK.

«Cocktail» orangutans leave researchers shaken and stirred: Reintroduction of genetically distinct subspecies has led to hybridization in an endangered wild population.»

With only 800 individuals alive, Tapanuli orangutans are therefore the most endangered great ape species.

Now, Bornean and Sumatran orangutans both rank as species critically endangered with extinction.

But in many places, these plantations are taking over rainforests, the natural habitat of endangered species such as orangutans.

The clear - cutting of forests leaves species like tigers and orangutans without food or shelter and, as a result, a third of Indonesia's mammal species are now considered critically endangered.

However, some concerns have been raised about the sustainability of harvesting palm oil, apparently growing these trees means less environment available for Orangutans, which are an endangered species.

This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them — saving endangered species one life at a time.

This film documents orphaned orangutans and elephants and the extraordinary people who rescue and raise them?saving endangered species one life at a time.

While both species are considered endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the new study deals with only Bornean orangutans living in Kalimantan.

Deforestation in Malaysia has a devastating impact on orangutans, which are critically endangered.

Bali Zoo situated on 22 acres of lush landscape in the art village of Singapadu and are home to a diverse collection of more than 350 exotic animals a majority of which are indigenous to Indonesia, including rare and endangered species such as the Sumatran Elephant, Sumatran Tiger, Orangutan, Sun Bear and Binturong.

These items will be enhanced by a loan of Warhol's 1983 silkscreen series «Endangered Species,» including images of a tiger, a butterfly, a zebra, an orangutan, a rhinoceros, a ram, an elephant, a frog, a panda and an eagle.

His latest exhibition focuses on endangered animals — orangutans, komodo dragons, spix macaws - with the colours and finish of each sculpture's materials as they are found by Nutting.

Orangutans are endangered because their habitat — the rainforests of Indonesia — is being destroyed to make way for palm oil plantations.

Preserving forests might make economic sense for governments and forest dwellers, and it could also help preserve the habitats of endangered mammals such as orangutans and elephants, according to a study released this week.

Palm oil plantations decimate orangutan populations and threaten other endangered species such as tigers, rhinoceros, and elephants indigenous to Malaysia and Indonesia, the two countries that produce 85 percent of the world's palm oil.

WWF said its survey of certifiers and certification schemes shows that none apply to «the most controversial operations» of APP's suppliers: clearing of rainforests and peatlands that are home to endangered tigers, elephants, and orangutans.

This lush rainforest island, divided between Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia, is home to the endangered Bornean orangutan, the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros, and about 1,000 pygmy elephants that are unique to the island.

They also provide a home for many endangered species, such as orangutans.

The Rimba Raya project area is home to many endangered species, among them the orangutan.

A briefing on how leading bank HSBC is bankrolling unsustainable plantation expansion which is systematically destroying forests crucial to the survival of the Bornean orangutan and other endangered species..

The designation could increase the area of forest conserved within oil palm plantations provided it has high conservation significance, such as serving as habitat for endangered species like orangutans, Sumatran tigers, and rhinos.

The animation focuses on Bukit Tigapuluh, a hilly region that provides habitat to endangered tigers, elephants, orangutans and other rare species.

Of about 2.6 million hectares of land that burned between June and October 2015, 33 per cent were carbon - rich peatland ecosystems, which are home to orangutans and other endangered species.

The concession comprises 16,857 ha of secondary forest identified as the habitat of the Bornean orangutan, clouded leopard, critically endangered flora and dozens of other endangered species.

By 2005, the country faces the loss of all lowland forest from Sumatra, and thus the extinction of the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan, among many other species.

The Tapanuli orangutan is classified as critically endangered and is immediately threatened by a planned dam.

, the elephants, orangutans, Whooping Cranes, California Condors, black footed ferrets and so many other endangered animals will thank us.

Conservationists from the NGO OuTrop surveyed the land, and recognised numerous important plant and animal species, such as the globally significant population of the endangered Bornean Orangutan and the critically endangered white - shouldered ibis.

There are ways to grow oil palms in sustainable ways, but clearing large areas of forest growing on peat soils, further endangering wildlife (the orangutan being the most prominent example), and destroying biodiversity in general is not the way to do it.

Or tuck into your bowl of Cheerios happily knowing that doing so won't be helping General Mills contribute to killing orangutans and other endangered species, nor trampling on

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An ecologist and a biologist have created a conservation drone complete with cameras, sensors and GPS to map deforestation and count orangutans and other endangered species in northern Sumatra.

In the process, habitat for several endangered species, like the aforementioned tigers and orangutan but also elephants and other species, becomes further and further reduced.