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Page 1: Lesson 3: Resource Sheet 4 Threats to Orangutans · Threats to Orangutans There are a number of threats to the wild orangutan population on the island of Borneo: deforestation, fires,

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ThreatstoOrangutans

ThereareanumberofthreatstothewildorangutanpopulationontheislandofBorneo:deforestation,fires,poachingandtheillegalpettrade.

Themainthreatislossofhabitatthroughdeforestation(mainlyforthedevelopmentofpalmoilplantations)andfires.Alreadyupto80percentofsuitableforestinIndonesiaandMalaysiahavebeenlostinthepast20years.Otherthreatsincludetheillegalpertradeandpoaching.

Todayabout57,000orangutanssurviveinthewildontheislandofBorneo.Thepopulationdeclinesbybetween3,000and5,000everyyear.

Iftherateofhabitatlossisnotslowedtheorang-utanscouldbeextinctinthewildwithin10–20years.

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