US EditionSumatran Floods May Have Killed 11% of Rare Tapanuli Orangutans
Cyclone Senyar destroyed up to 7,200 hectares of habitat, possibly killing 35 Tapanuli orangutans, over 4% of the species, experts warn of extinction risk.
- The OIC reported that humanitarian workers found a Tapanuli orangutan carcass semi-buried in mud and logs in Pulo Pakkat village, central Tapanuli district, North Sumatra, and it remained with torn flesh as of Dec. 12.
- Cyclone Senyar in late November triggered landslides, satellite imagery earlier this week shows massive gashes and forest loss; Meijaard estimates 4,800-7,200 hectares were destroyed, sheltering roughly 35 orangutans.
- Today, experts note only about 577-760 Tapanuli orangutans remain in North Sumatra, with scientists warning the disaster could be an extinction-level disturbance and OIC monitoring lost contact with all 10 individuals.
- The environment ministry suspended operating permits for regional projects, and conservationists demanded halts to hydropower, gold mine, and plantation activity to protect Batang Toru.
- A study published Thursday linked climate change-driven heavier rains and warmer seas to intensified storms, and Panut Hadisiswoyo said national intervention is required to protect the Batang Toru ecosystem and other species.
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Indonesia floods pose ‘extinction-level’ threat to world’s rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan
Bangkok, Dec 12 — Indonesia’s deadly flooding was an “extinction-level disturbance” for the world’s rarest great ape, the tapanuli orangutan, causing catastrophic damage...
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vijesti.meThe carcass of an animal believed to belong to a tapanuli orangutan, the world's rarest ape, has alarmed conservationists.
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ecotopical.comSumatran flood disaster may have wiped out key Tapanuli orangutan population
JAKARTA — A Tapanuli orangutan, the world’s rarest great ape, has been discovered dead in mud and log debris in a village in northern Sumatra — a grim sign of how severely recent floods and landslides may have devastated the species’ fragile habitat. A group of scientists has described the catastrophe as an “extinction-level disturbance” […]
An unusual silence rests over the Batang Torus mountain forests of northern Sumatra, where the world's rarest ape, the Tapanuli orangutan, usually roams.
Indonesia floods 'extinction level' for rare orangutans
Indonesia's deadly flooding was an "extinction-level disturbance" for the world's rarest great ape, the Tapanuli orangutan, causing catastrophic damage to its habitat and survival prospects, scientists warned on Dec. 11.
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