{"id":7263,"date":"2019-04-16T16:36:11","date_gmt":"2019-04-16T23:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/?p=7263"},"modified":"2025-11-02T18:20:32","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T02:20:32","slug":"iucn-calls-on-projects-threatening-the-tapanuli-orangutan-to-stop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/iucn-calls-on-projects-threatening-the-tapanuli-orangutan-to-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"IUCN calls on projects threatening the Tapanuli Orangutan to stop!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.org\/news\/secretariat\/201904\/iucn-calls-a-moratorium-projects-impacting-critically-endangered-tapanuli-orangutan\">released a statement<\/a> requesting projects that threaten the already critically endangered status of Tapanuli Orangutans to stop. 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