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Indonesia repatriates 4 orangutans from illegal wildlife trafficking

China.dot.org 24 Dec 2025
The four, comprising three Sumatran orangutans and one Tapanuli orangutan that are classified as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, arrived at Soekarno-Hatta ...
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Tapanuli orangutan, devastated by cyclone, now faces habitat loss under zoning plans

Mongabay 18 Dec 2025
JAKARTA — Reeling from a cyclone that may have erased a chunk of its population, the Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s rarest great ape population, now faces the prospect of losing more of its already constricted habitat.
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Orangutans rescued from the wildlife trade undergo intensive re-training to return to the wild

Mongabay 17 Dec 2025
Welcome to jungle school—where orphaned orangutans are learning the basics for survival that they will need for life in the wild ... The Sumatran orangutan was once found throughout the island of Sumatra’s lowland forests.
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Green labeler PEFC under fire for certifying Indonesian firm clearing orangutan habitat

Mongabay 15 Dec 2025
The concession lies in a landscape recognized as a key stronghold for critically endangered Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus), with roughly half the licensed area estimated to be orangutan habitat.
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Greedy New Mining Operations Risk Extinction for Oldest, Rarest Orangutans on Earth

The Petition Site 13 Dec 2025
Tapanuli apes are the rarest species of orangutan on the planet, with only 800 individuals left alive today ... That's especially true if female orangutans end up injured or dead, since Tapanuli only mate and reproduce once or twice in a decade.
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Tapanuli orangutans: Fears grow that world

BBC News 12 Dec 2025
A carcass thought to belong to a Tapanuli orangutan, the world .
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Sumatra floods were 'extinction level' for rare orangutans

The Jakarta Post 12 Dec 2025
umatra's deadly flooding was an "extinction-level disturbance" for the world's rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, causing catastrophic damage to its habitat and survival prospects, scientists warned on Friday.
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Indonesia floods 'extinction level' for rare orangutans

Hürriyet Daily News 12 Dec 2025
Indonesia's deadly flooding was an ...
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Indonesia floods were 'extinction level' for rare orangutans

Phys Dot Org 12 Dec 2025
Indonesia's deadly flooding was an ...
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Rare orangutan species faces extinction after devastating Indonesia floods

The Independent 12 Dec 2025
Local rangers say they ...
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Sumatran flood disaster may have wiped out key Tapanuli orangutan population

Mongabay 12 Dec 2025
JAKARTA — A Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s rarest great ape, has been discovered dead in mud and log debris in a village in northern Sumatra — a grim sign of how severely recent floods and landslides may have devastated the species’ fragile habitat.
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Indonesia floods were ‘extinction level’ disturbance for rare orangutan species

The Guardian 12 Dec 2025
Indonesia’s deadly flooding was an “extinction-level disturbance” for the world’s rarest great ape, ...
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Indonesia floods were ‘extinction-level’ disturbance for orangutans: scientists

Taipei Times 12 Dec 2025
One dead suspected tapanuli orangutan has already been found in the region, conservationists said ... “We think that between six and 11 percent of orangutans were likely killed,” orangutan conservationist Erik Meijaard said.
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Orangutans at risk as Indonesia floods devastate habitat

The Star 09 Dec 2025
SIPIROK, Indonesia Dec 9 (Reuters) - Before the deadly landslides and floods hit Indonesia about two weeks ago, Amran Siagian, 39, frequently met Tapanuli orangutans on a hill in the region of Sipirok, North Sumatra province.� Read full story ... .
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‘Could go extinct here’: orangutans at risk as Indonesia floods devastate habitat

South China Morning Post 09 Dec 2025
But after the landslides hit Sipirok, the orangutans are nowhere to be...

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