Sebangau National Park is one of the most important remaining strongholds for wild orangutans anywhere on Earth. Spanning vast peat swamp forests in Central Kalimantan, this landscape is home to nearly 9,000 orangutans, a significant portion of the world’s remaining wild population. But this forest has not escaped damage. For decades, illegal logging carved canals deep into the peatlands to transport timber out of the forest. These canals draine…
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