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Indonesia Blazes Threaten Endangered Orangutans

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Indonesia Blazes Threaten Endangered Orangutans - Scientific American

The world’s only wild orangutans—already besieged by logging, hunting, pet trading and the steady expansion of palm-oil plantations—are now threatened by forest fires that have burned for months on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra in southeast Asia. In the toxic smoke and haze, locals and researchers are scrambling to protect the estimated 50,000 remaining orangutans that live only on those two islands.
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