Fun Facts
Their scientific name.
What is Pongo pygmaeus?
The percentage that Bornean Orangutan populations have declined over the last 60 years.
What is 50%?
True or False: Capture and translocation methods are the best method for conservation of the species.
What is false?
A country they're native to.
The number of orangutans from Indonesian Borneo that enter the pet trade each year.
What is between 200-500?
True or False: There is a major disconnect between Indonesian government/political awareness and conservation science.
What is True?
Their ICUN status.
What is critically endangered?
The estimated population size of Northwest Bornean Orangutans.
What is 1,500?
The estimated budget spent by organizations for conservation efforts.
What is $20-30 million?
Name a subspecies.
What are northwest, northeast, and central?
The projected increase in decline percentage by 2032.
What is 19%?
Unconnected habitats as a result of deforestation that affects orangutan populations.
What are forest fragments?
What is 104,700?
The number of Bornean Orangutans killed in the Kalimantan Forest Fires.
What is 8,000.
The main effort to prevent major logging in orangutan habitats.
What is selective logging?