Orangutan in Central Kalimantan

Orangutan on the banks of the Rungan river in Central Kalimantan province. Fires raged in critical orangutan habitat in October, including here on the edges of the Nyaru Menteng orangutan sanctuary.

Unique identifier: GP0STPENQ

Type: Image

Shoot date: 27/10/2015

Locations: Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Tumbang Nusa

Credit line: © Ardiles Rante / Greenpeace

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)

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Forest Fires in Central Kalimantan

Greenpeace traveled to Central Kalimantan and found schools closed, hospitals full of children with respiratory illnesses, and forests with fires, smoke and distressed wildlife. In one location near the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Sanctuary west of Palangkaraya, Greenpeace found burned peatland and forest remains, planted with oil palm seedlings. The most recent public maps, several years old, do not indicate any oil palm concession has been granted there. Unless government ensures that all company land tenure is available for public scrutiny, those profiting from fires cannot be held accountable.

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