Updates On 17th Aug 2015

The Bornean orang-utan was once distributed throughout large areas of Kalimantan (Indonesia) and Sarawak and Sabah (Malaysia) on the island of Borneo. But both numbers and distribution have declined rapidly since the middle of the 20th century as large swathes of the orang-utan�s forest home have been logged or cleared for palm oil plantations and other agriculture.

WWF�s strategy to save Borneo�s orang-utans forms part of our overall work in the Heart of Borneo, and builds on more than 40 years of conservation efforts on the island.

More orangutan facts coming your way in a few hours! #OrangutanDay #orangutan

To help save Malaysia’s only great ape:

https://www.pandashop.my/adoptanorangutan/

To learn more about them: http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/great_apes/orangutans/borneo_orangutan/

Source: https://www.facebook.com/wwfmy/photos/a.159457438241.151903…

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