{"id":11640,"date":"2022-10-10T19:46:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-11T02:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/?page_id=11640"},"modified":"2024-05-07T18:23:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T01:23:59","slug":"threats-to-orangutans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/orangutan-facts\/threats-to-orangutans\/","title":{"rendered":"Threats to Orangutans"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"11640\" class=\"elementor elementor-11640\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-dce-background-overlay-color=\"#000000E0\" data-dce-background-image-url=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/image-1.jpg\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b01a6d6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b01a6d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46d908d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"46d908d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d515d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d515d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Threats to Orangutans<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a8bcdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2a8bcdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On average, 2,000 to 3,000 orangutans are killed every year. While exact orangutan population counts are always a challenge \u2013 estimates put current counts between 50,000-65,000 orangutans left in the wild. At this rate of loss, many experts believe orangutans could be extinct in the wild in less than 50 years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f19770 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"8f19770\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae32b17 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae32b17\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a2d94d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7a2d94d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b329669 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b329669\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1094\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putri-Pur-Pan-Adoption-Packet-1-768x1094.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-12233\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putri-Pur-Pan-Adoption-Packet-1-768x1094.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putri-Pur-Pan-Adoption-Packet-1-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putri-Pur-Pan-Adoption-Packet-1-719x1024.jpg 719w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putri-Pur-Pan-Adoption-Packet-1-1078x1536.jpg 1078w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putri-Pur-Pan-Adoption-Packet-1-1437x2048.jpg 1437w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Putri-Pur-Pan-Adoption-Packet-1-scaled.jpg 1797w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c2d61f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9c2d61f\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bcffda0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bcffda0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Never before has their very existence been threatened so severely. Economic crisis combined with natural disasters and human abuse of the forest are pushing one of humankind\u2019s closest cousins to extinction.<\/p><p>The main threats in today to the survival of orangutans:<\/p><ul><li>Loss of habitat through deforestation<\/li><li>Palm oil plantations<\/li><li>Illegal hunting<\/li><li>Illegal pet trade<br \/><br \/><\/li><\/ul><p>Orangutans have lost well over 80% of their habitat in the last 20 years, and an estimated one-third of the wild population died during the fires of 1997-98. As shocking as the rapid loss of rainforests has been over these past few decades, nothing compares to the amount of land being bulldozed by palm oil plantations in the 21st century. Each palm plantation that destroys thousands of hectares in pursuit of massive profits also takes with it the lives of many orangutans. Recent headlines reported how one palm oil firm hunted down orangutans while expanding their cash crop production. Meanwhile, governmental mandates, meant to protect the land and the animals, disappear faster than do the trees.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3e8013d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3e8013d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0eb39a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0eb39a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">In short, if things don\u2019t change soon, if the main threats to orangutans \u2013 palm oil, deforestation, poaching and hunting \u2013 are not addressed in a serious, urgent and sustained manner, wild orangutans will be gone from this earth.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc1afd9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bc1afd9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-511baa5 elementor-arrows-position-outside elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-carousel\" data-id=\"511baa5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;slides_to_show&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;slides_to_scroll&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;navigation&quot;:&quot;arrows&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_hover&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;pause_on_interaction&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;autoplay_speed&quot;:5000,&quot;infinite&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;speed&quot;:500,&quot;image_spacing_custom&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:20,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;image_spacing_custom_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;image_spacing_custom_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"image-carousel.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel-wrapper swiper\" role=\"region\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"Image Carousel\" dir=\"ltr\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-carousel swiper-wrapper swiper-image-stretch\" aria-live=\"off\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"swiper-slide\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\" aria-label=\"1 of 4\"><figure class=\"swiper-slide-inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"swiper-slide-image\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/image0-q3yvp14dlnka3sdk2rhgly1thoipf9z3309es2o23w.jpg\" alt=\"Image of a female orangutan in a tree. The orangutan is holding a leaf and putting it up to her lips. A small, young orangutan is holding onto her side. 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roamed over thousands of miles across the rainforests of Southeast Asia. Today they survive only on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Their home is in beautiful, lush rainforest, and shared by many other endangered species, such as tigers, elephants and rhinos. This forest is crossed with large rivers and has the greatest number of species of trees, birds and animals per acre of almost anyplace in the world. The treasures of this forest are hard to estimate since they are so precious and numerous. Many different species of plants and animals have yet to be discovered there.<br \/><br \/>Now even their habitat on the remaining two islands is threatened. This loss of habitat is the result of economic pressures, man\u2019s greed and ignorance and natural disasters. Indonesia\u2019s population has grown from 10 million people at the start of the 20th century to over 240 million in 2014. The needs of so many people with little landmass are urgent, allowing little time for planning or care about the environment. People and orangutans need the same habitat and in a human versus orangutan conflict, the orangutan does not win.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef79ef7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ef79ef7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfb410b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"dfb410b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Yellow-Top-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10546\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Yellow-Top-1.png 1440w, 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"51\" height=\"51\" viewBox=\"0 0 51 51\" fill=\"none\"><circle cx=\"25.5371\" cy=\"25.2656\" r=\"25\" fill=\"#F6DBD3\"><\/circle><path d=\"M38.7871 37.2906L36.3371 34.8406C36.7746 34.1406 37.0371 33.2656 37.0371 32.3906C37.0371 29.9406 35.1121 28.0156 32.6621 28.0156C30.2121 28.0156 28.2871 29.9406 28.2871 32.3906C28.2871 34.8406 30.2121 36.7656 32.6621 36.7656C33.5371 36.7656 34.4121 36.5031 35.1121 36.0656L37.5621 38.5156L38.7871 37.2906ZM30.0371 32.3906C30.0371 30.9031 31.1746 29.7656 32.6621 29.7656C34.1496 29.7656 35.2871 30.9031 35.2871 32.3906C35.2871 33.8781 34.1496 35.0156 32.6621 35.0156C31.1746 35.0156 30.0371 33.8781 30.0371 32.3906ZM19.5371 26.2656H28.2871V28.0156H19.5371V26.2656ZM19.5371 21.0156H30.0371V22.7656H19.5371V21.0156Z\" fill=\"#D34C22\"><\/path><path d=\"M24.7871 36.5031L20.2371 34.0531C17.6121 32.7406 16.0371 30.0281 16.0371 27.1406V15.7656H33.5371V25.3906H35.2871V15.7656C35.2871 14.8031 34.4996 14.0156 33.5371 14.0156H16.0371C15.0746 14.0156 14.2871 14.8031 14.2871 15.7656V27.1406C14.2871 30.7281 16.2121 33.9656 19.3621 35.6281L24.7871 38.5156V36.5031Z\" fill=\"#D34C22\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDeforestation\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul>\n \t<li>Illegal logging<\/li>\n \t<li>Slash and burn methods to plant large-scale palm oil plantations<\/li>\n \t<li>Slash and burn methods used by the local farmers<\/li>\n \t<li>Transmigration program of the government to move more of the population of Java in to the rainforests of Borneo<\/li>\n \t<li>Fires caused by the above methods of clearing land were inflamed by the extra dry conditions caused by the drought.<\/li>\n \t<li>Slash and burn techniques also cause the peat and coal deposits in the ground to ignite and further escalate the fires<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-674ccc6 elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"674ccc6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"51\" height=\"51\" viewBox=\"0 0 51 51\" fill=\"none\"><circle cx=\"25.5371\" cy=\"25.2656\" r=\"25\" fill=\"#F6DBD3\"><\/circle><path d=\"M38.7871 37.2906L36.3371 34.8406C36.7746 34.1406 37.0371 33.2656 37.0371 32.3906C37.0371 29.9406 35.1121 28.0156 32.6621 28.0156C30.2121 28.0156 28.2871 29.9406 28.2871 32.3906C28.2871 34.8406 30.2121 36.7656 32.6621 36.7656C33.5371 36.7656 34.4121 36.5031 35.1121 36.0656L37.5621 38.5156L38.7871 37.2906ZM30.0371 32.3906C30.0371 30.9031 31.1746 29.7656 32.6621 29.7656C34.1496 29.7656 35.2871 30.9031 35.2871 32.3906C35.2871 33.8781 34.1496 35.0156 32.6621 35.0156C31.1746 35.0156 30.0371 33.8781 30.0371 32.3906ZM19.5371 26.2656H28.2871V28.0156H19.5371V26.2656ZM19.5371 21.0156H30.0371V22.7656H19.5371V21.0156Z\" fill=\"#D34C22\"><\/path><path d=\"M24.7871 36.5031L20.2371 34.0531C17.6121 32.7406 16.0371 30.0281 16.0371 27.1406V15.7656H33.5371V25.3906H35.2871V15.7656C35.2871 14.8031 34.4996 14.0156 33.5371 14.0156H16.0371C15.0746 14.0156 14.2871 14.8031 14.2871 15.7656V27.1406C14.2871 30.7281 16.2121 33.9656 19.3621 35.6281L24.7871 38.5156V36.5031Z\" fill=\"#D34C22\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIllegal Pet Trade\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe trade of baby orangutans \u2013 though illegal \u2013 continues to thrive. Hundreds of infant orangutans are taken from the wild for the pet trade every year. This practice is done by killing the mother and taking the baby. It is estimated that four to five orangutans die for every baby that reaches the market. The infants often die as a result of injury from falling several hundred feet from the canopy after their mother is shot, the trauma of seeing their mother killed and possibly butchered, contracting diseases from humans (they are susceptible to all human disease), or from succumbing to the poor conditions in which they are often kept following their capture.\n\nThough infant orangutans are extremely cute, they make very bad pets. All wild animals quickly outgrow being dependent, and cuddly infants quickly grow into dangerous and unmanageable adults. Wild animals are completely unsuitable as pets.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-944a0c8 elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"944a0c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"51\" height=\"51\" viewBox=\"0 0 51 51\" fill=\"none\"><circle cx=\"25.5371\" cy=\"25.2656\" r=\"25\" fill=\"#F6DBD3\"><\/circle><path d=\"M38.7871 37.2906L36.3371 34.8406C36.7746 34.1406 37.0371 33.2656 37.0371 32.3906C37.0371 29.9406 35.1121 28.0156 32.6621 28.0156C30.2121 28.0156 28.2871 29.9406 28.2871 32.3906C28.2871 34.8406 30.2121 36.7656 32.6621 36.7656C33.5371 36.7656 34.4121 36.5031 35.1121 36.0656L37.5621 38.5156L38.7871 37.2906ZM30.0371 32.3906C30.0371 30.9031 31.1746 29.7656 32.6621 29.7656C34.1496 29.7656 35.2871 30.9031 35.2871 32.3906C35.2871 33.8781 34.1496 35.0156 32.6621 35.0156C31.1746 35.0156 30.0371 33.8781 30.0371 32.3906ZM19.5371 26.2656H28.2871V28.0156H19.5371V26.2656ZM19.5371 21.0156H30.0371V22.7656H19.5371V21.0156Z\" fill=\"#D34C22\"><\/path><path d=\"M24.7871 36.5031L20.2371 34.0531C17.6121 32.7406 16.0371 30.0281 16.0371 27.1406V15.7656H33.5371V25.3906H35.2871V15.7656C35.2871 14.8031 34.4996 14.0156 33.5371 14.0156H16.0371C15.0746 14.0156 14.2871 14.8031 14.2871 15.7656V27.1406C14.2871 30.7281 16.2121 33.9656 19.3621 35.6281L24.7871 38.5156V36.5031Z\" fill=\"#D34C22\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPoaching\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOrangutans may be hunted for food either from ignorance of the law, or in disregard of the law because of hunger and\/or poverty. As human settlement encroaches on the forest, often wild orangutans are tempted to eat the fruit in human gardens and farms \u2013 this creates conflict and often the orangutans are, somewhat understandably, thought of as pests. When adult females are killed, the babies can be sold, and the skulls of the dead may be used to create souvenirs that are sold illegally throughout Kalimantan.\n\nPoor concession management in the past, slash and burn agriculture and illegal logging have all contributed to decreasing rainforest habitat. One area in South Kalimantan reported that 80% of logging that occurred in that area was done illegally. For many of the transmigrants (people relocated from Java to alleviate crowding on the most populated island) agriculture is survival. The poor soils of Borneo cannot produce such crops as are produced on the rich volcanic soils of Java. Therefore to survive, transmigrants may log or use a slash and burn agriculture that the land cannot support. This is because as the population grows, the interval allowed for the forest to recover decreases.\n\nThese conditions are further aggravated by periods of extreme weather such as the prolonged El Nino of 2015. Fires raged through East Kalimantan, Indonesia on the Island of Borneo for over 9 months. Smoke from the fires was a health hazard for countries as far away as Singapore and Malaysia. Hundreds of thousands of acres of forest in Kalimantan were destroyed leaving many wild orangutans homeless and desperately seeking refuge in village fruit trees and plantations. These orangutans are not welcome by the locals and many have been killed, mutilated, or eaten by starving people whose rice crops failed two years consecutively. Once the fires started, the peat and coal deposits common to the island caused further ignition and escalated the fires.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6cb1bf7 elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"6cb1bf7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"51\" height=\"51\" viewBox=\"0 0 51 51\" fill=\"none\"><circle cx=\"25.5371\" cy=\"25.2656\" r=\"25\" fill=\"#F6DBD3\"><\/circle><path d=\"M38.7871 37.2906L36.3371 34.8406C36.7746 34.1406 37.0371 33.2656 37.0371 32.3906C37.0371 29.9406 35.1121 28.0156 32.6621 28.0156C30.2121 28.0156 28.2871 29.9406 28.2871 32.3906C28.2871 34.8406 30.2121 36.7656 32.6621 36.7656C33.5371 36.7656 34.4121 36.5031 35.1121 36.0656L37.5621 38.5156L38.7871 37.2906ZM30.0371 32.3906C30.0371 30.9031 31.1746 29.7656 32.6621 29.7656C34.1496 29.7656 35.2871 30.9031 35.2871 32.3906C35.2871 33.8781 34.1496 35.0156 32.6621 35.0156C31.1746 35.0156 30.0371 33.8781 30.0371 32.3906ZM19.5371 26.2656H28.2871V28.0156H19.5371V26.2656ZM19.5371 21.0156H30.0371V22.7656H19.5371V21.0156Z\" fill=\"#D34C22\"><\/path><path d=\"M24.7871 36.5031L20.2371 34.0531C17.6121 32.7406 16.0371 30.0281 16.0371 27.1406V15.7656H33.5371V25.3906H35.2871V15.7656C35.2871 14.8031 34.4996 14.0156 33.5371 14.0156H16.0371C15.0746 14.0156 14.2871 14.8031 14.2871 15.7656V27.1406C14.2871 30.7281 16.2121 33.9656 19.3621 35.6281L24.7871 38.5156V36.5031Z\" fill=\"#D34C22\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPalm Oil\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tBarely on the public radar a decade ago, today palm oil is indeed the biggest threat to the future of orangutans. For details about this rapidly growing threat, and to learn more about what you can do to help slow the onslaught of unchecked palm oil production, please read the items to avoid page.\n\nPalm oil is a globally traded agricultural commodity that is used in 50 percent of all consumer goods, from lipstick and packaged food to body lotion and biofuels. Demand for palm oil in the U.S.has tripled in the last five years, pushing palm oil cultivation deep into the rainforests and making this crop one of the key causes of global rainforest destruction.\n\nApproximately 85 percent of palm oil is grown in the tropical countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Papua New Guinea (PNG) on industrial plantations that have severe impacts on the environment, forest peoples, orangutans and the climate.\n\nThe expansion of palm oil plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia palm oil expansion is a critical threat to orangutan habitat in Sumatra and Borneo.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50e8399 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"50e8399\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c91069 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2c91069\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Yellow-Bottom-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-10547\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Yellow-Bottom-1.png 1440w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Yellow-Bottom-1-300x21.png 300w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Yellow-Bottom-1-1024x71.png 1024w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Yellow-Bottom-1-768x53.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5534f41 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5534f41\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2906667 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2906667\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Have a look!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aeb0d80 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"aeb0d80\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The good people at The San Diego Zoo have created an informative, family-friendly video about palm oil.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d505889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"d505889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=UnKUSW3oFo4&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e26653 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e26653\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foe.org\/news\/blog\/2013-12-whats-driving-the-palm-oil-industrys-human-rights-ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Friends of the Earth<\/a> have a terrific fact sheet about palm oil that explains the situation in great detail. Please view the <a href=\"http:\/\/libcloud.s3.amazonaws.com\/93\/ea\/2\/3375\/Palm_oil_FAQ_2014_final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fact sheet here<\/a>. <br \/>You can learn more about what it actually means for palm oil to be grown in a sustainable way <a href=\"https:\/\/palmoilconsumers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66e2634 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"66e2634\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2734d4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c2734d4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b3d631 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2b3d631\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"647\" height=\"847\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8390a57c332c95574323dda4adaeaf32.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-12237\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8390a57c332c95574323dda4adaeaf32.jpg 647w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/8390a57c332c95574323dda4adaeaf32-229x300.jpg 229w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 647px) 100vw, 647px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf2d1aa e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"bf2d1aa\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43c2e11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"43c2e11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Latest Studies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0b52ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0b52ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If poaching and the destruction of rain forests go on unchecked, orangutans in the wild could disappear from Sumatra and Borneo in the near future, to be found only in zoos, scientists have warned. The alarm has been sounded in a joint study by Dr. Carel van Schaik of the University of Zurich along with Kathryn Monk and Yarrow Robertson, who are in charge of the Leuser ecosystem management in the north of Sumatra.<br \/><br \/>Since 1998, the orangutan population in Sumatra has been declining by 1,000 a year, due mainly to the accelerated destruction of their habitat. Poaching has compounded the problem and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) says there may be more orangutans per square-mile in Taipei than in the wild.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63e5ed2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"63e5ed2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbc58e4 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fbc58e4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbc470c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fbc470c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/forest-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-12238\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/forest-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/forest-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/forest-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/forest-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/forest.png 1816w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0fb17a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d0fb17a\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdd555c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdd555c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>ires started by major timber and palm oil companies as a cheap way of land-clearing vast tracts of land are the most visible threat to Indonesian rain forests. More than 80 percent of these forests have been exploited in the last two decades and the trend has only been speeded up, the WWF says. The Indonesian government, which has asserted awareness of the catastrophe, has however been impotent in the face of local level complicity in the destruction, environmental groups warn. Illegal logging fetches hefty profits with a minimum of investment and has devastated natural parks and protected zones in several areas. Even the scientists studying the ecosystems have received threats.<br \/><br \/>The orangutan population has shrunk more than 50% in Sumatra since 1993, a study by AFP shows. The situation in Borneo is not better, the study noted, referring to the only other place where the orangutans can be found in the wild. A third of the orangutan population perished in the great forest fires of 1997-98 and continuing illegal logging and poaching are taking a further heavy toll. \u201cUnless the developments can be stopped soon, no orangutan population of undoubted viability will be left in the world within a decade,\u201d the scientists said, adding, \u201cif our estimates are in error, they err in the timescale of the change, but not in its direction.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-665435d e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"665435d\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6beb977 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6beb977\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div data-dce-background-overlay-image-url=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/CTA-Section-Mountain-1.png\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-759434f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"759434f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e0af4c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e0af4c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c601eb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c601eb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Learn more about how to help orangutans below!<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4788d3f elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"4788d3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/how-to-help\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Donate Now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Threats to Orangutans On average, 2,000 to 3,000 orangutans are killed every year. While exact orangutan population counts are always a challenge \u2013 estimates put current counts between 50,000-65,000 orangutans left in the wild. At this rate of loss, many experts believe orangutans could be extinct in the wild in less than 50 years. 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