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The natural habitats of the orangutan, primarily the
tropical forests of Borneo and Sumatra, have diminished
significantly in recent years. As a result of widespread
habitat destruction and hunting, the Bornean orangutan
has become an endangered species.
Busch Gardens provides funding for a conservation project
focusing on the population status and habitats in multiple-use
forests in Malaysia. The study is intended to collect
data necessary to plan for long-term conservation of
the orangutan. Research is being conducted in a remote
region of Lower Kinabatangan of Sabah, Malaysia, where
a patchwork of virgin and exploited forests is home
to high concentrations of orangutans and other rare
species.
Understanding the relationship of orangutans to their
environment is a first step in developing sound conservation
strategies for this species in an increasingly threatened
environment.
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Support
of field study on the population status of Burmean
orangutans and their habitat requirements in multiple
use forests in the Lower Kinabatangan region, Sabah,
Malaysia |
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BGT
support |
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