Nearly 150,000 Orangutans Lost to Logging, Palm Oil, and Human Conflict | National Geographic

Nearly 150,000 orangutans vanished from Borneo over a 16-year period, a new study found.

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Between 1999 and 2015 more than half of the entire island's population disappeared due in part to habitat loss driven by palm oil harvesting and logging. Poaching and human interaction also contributed to the dramatic loss. Over the next 35 years, researchers predict an additional 45,000 orangutans will be lost.

Read more in "Nearly 150,000 Bornean Orangutans Lost Since 1999, Cutting Population By Half."

Nearly 150,000 Orangutans Lost to Logging, Palm Oil, and Human Conflict | National Geographic

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[NatGeo]

Borneo, an island located at the center of Southeast Asia, has seen a rapid decline in the orangutan population in recent years. What are some of the ways you think we can help this endangered species?

[ChristianLopez-zsob]

Horrible, largely thanks to the palm oil used in cheap snacks sold in places like Walmart and Target

[primalrage]

We must protect our wild brothers and sisters they are nearly extinct in the wild we must save each and every one of them.

[nahheyheyhoorayjames]

My birth PLACE, lots of beautiful birds, snakes, trees, lakes, THE beauty of MAYON VOLCANO 😔flowers, puppies and kittens, peacock, horses and many other groups of mountain view the nature's, whispered sometimes.

[orangbaik]

i live in borneo. it is now very rare for orangutans because there is so much forest damage

[jb]

Most of it's from Palm oil...look on all your everyday products and most of it contains it.

[ZXI-mrrc]

Of my experience, this is the worst year for conservation of animals

[adhimukmin]

The main factor is palm oil corporation. And the saddest thing no one can do anything to stop it.

[cierraeras]

MY MOM GETS MAD AT ME WHEN I TELL HER NOT TO BUY PALM OIL!!!! SHE SAYS SHE GREW UP IN MALAYSIA AND THE ORANGUTANS DONT LIVE NEAR PALM

[harshalpatel]

Sparrows and many unique birds are missing from last 6 years in my city

[jasonzimmer]

Sad thing is, sometimes poaching is the only way some people are able to support themselves and their families

[primalrage]

35 years it would be in 2052 it would be horrible

What an insane behavior of the humans there!

[SwIIFtex]

I swear humans were the WORST thing to happen to this planet.

[jonaeflure]

Why is this being allowed??? NGO-when you post these kind of videos you could at least post what we can do to help stop this.

[anarkitype]

Why palm oil isnt vegan people. Heard it here again! SaynotoOreo

[oricon]

We from Malaysia are trying hard to oust our corrupted government... Burning down forest isn't the only crime they did. Google "1MDB" and you will know the scale of worldwide involvements.

[solodiamante]

That's why I don't buy products that have palm oil and I also help The Orangutan Project with monthly donations.

[DudeTC]

Leave it up to good ol' mankind to alter his environment!

[thoms]

No palm oil shown in the video. How can we make sure that orangutan stays in palm oil forest rather than rain forest?