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Date of Publication: March 4
Year of Publication: 2019
Publication City: Washington, DC
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Author(s): Stephen Leahy
A hydroelectric plant and dam, already in the works, could drive the newly identified Tapanuli orangutan to extinction.
The world’s rarest great ape, discovered only in 2017, will not survive the building of a $1.6 billion hydroelectric power plant and dam in the middle of its remaining habitat in Sumatra, Indonesia, wildlife experts warn.
Only 800 of the newly identified Tapanuli orangutans remain in the wild, all in northern Sumatra’s Batang Toru Forest. It’s one of the most biodiverse spots in Indonesia, home to such rare species as Sumatran tigers and the critically endangered Sunda pangolin.
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