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The Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) is one of the three species of orangutans. ... Conservation status. A Sumatran orangutan and a human, Bukit Lawang.
The Sumatran orangutan and the Tapanuli orangutan are both only found in Sumatra, Indonesia. [1] The conservation status of all three of these species is critically endangered, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List. [1]
According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Sumatran orangutan is on the critically endangered list. This distinction means that the species faces an extremely high ...
The Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) is a collaborative project involving Indonesian NGO Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari (YEL) - as the main implementer in Indonesia, its Swiss partner the PanEco Foundation, and the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry’s Directorate General of Natural Resource and Ecosystem Conservation (Ditjen KSDAE), under several Memoranda of ...
The International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources lists orangutans as critically endangered. Their numbers have decreased by more than half over the last 60 years.
Amphibian conservationist working to improve the status of the critically endangered Lehmann’s poison frog. ... Nente oversees the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program Orangutan Quarantine ...
The orangutan reintroduction in Bukit Tigapuluh National Park is organized by the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP). The first reintroduction station for orangutans close to the park was built in 2001 by the German biologist Dr. Peter Pratje, with the support of the Frankfurt Zoological Society and local partners. It offers a ...
The Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis) is a species of orangutan restricted to South Tapanuli in the island of Sumatra in Indonesia. [3] It is one of three known species of orangutan, alongside the Sumatran orangutan (P. abelii), found farther northwest on the island, and the Bornean orangutan (P. pygmaeus).