HANGING ON THE EDGE

ORANGUTANS are one of man’s closest relatives, but some 100,000 Bornean orangutans were killed, primarily by human activity, between 1999 and 2015. There are now just 104,700 Bornean orangutans left in the wild. This is what they’re up against . . .

PALM OIL: Peat swamp forests that are home to high densities of orangutans are often targeted for oil palm plantations —

palm oil is found in around 50 per cent of products in your supermarket.

HUMAN/ORANGUTAN CONFLICT: Up to 2,500 Bornean orangutans are thought to be killed a year — just through hunting and conflict in agricultural areas.

ILLEGAL PET TRADE: Young orangutans up to the age of seven are highly prized as pets.

HOW YOU CAN HELP SAVE THE ORANGUTAN

For as little as £3 a month, you can adopt an orangutan through WWF and help these highly intelligent creatures to survive.

all adopted WWF orangutans live in the Bukit Piton Forest Reserve, circled on the map.

orangutans are solitary creatures and tend to travel and feed alone, unless they have an infant, and in Bukit Piton field teams monitor the quality of their habitat and restore degraded areas.

They’re also working to restore corridors between protected areas and reconnect fragmented orangutan habitats so there will be large blocks of interconnected forests. when you adopt the Bukit Piton orangutans, WWF will keep you updated on their progress through their adoption updates.

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