Orangutan Urine Samples in Gunung Palung National Park in West Kalimantan

A researcher from Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program shows urine samples of Orangutans in Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan. Gunung Palung is a protected area as a natural habitat of Orangutan in West Kalimantan. Some Orangutan's habitat in this province threat by deforestation and forest fires that caused by palmoil concessiion.

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Orangutan Habitat in Gunung Palung National Park in West Kalimantan

Gunung Palung National Park is a protected area and natural habitat for the orangutan in West Kalimantan.
In 2015 when the forest fires disaster burned parts of the endangered primate’s habitat close to palm oil concession in West Kalimantan, many orangutan which became fire victims, were released in the Gunung Palung area.
Gunung Palung is now also a research area for the Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program operated by Yayasan Palung. A Greenpeace team goes on a journey in this forest to document the orangutan in their wild habitat.

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Unique identifier: GP0STR45Q

Type: Image

Shoot date: 22/09/2017

Locations: Gunung Palung National Park, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, West Kalimantan

Size: 5184px × 3456px 4.51 MB

Ranking: ★★★★★★ (B)