WWF M'sia paper: Orang utan population stable, conservation must continue

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KOTA KINABALU: The orang utan population of 11,000 has remained stable in protected areas in Sabah for the past 15 years, but the state must ensure conservation measures continue, says a WWF Malaysia scientific paper.

Entitled"Changes to Orang Utan Population in Recent Times: 2002-2017", it found that Sabah remains Malaysia's stronghold for the apes with more than 70% found in totally protected areas.

In the survey in 2002, there were 5,376 orang utans, while in the 2017 survey, the population slightly increased to 5,933 individuals. Sabah's chief Conservator of Forests Datuk Mashor Mohd Jaini said the state forestry department was committed to conserving and protecting Sabah's iconic wildlife species.

WWF-Malaysia's comprehensive survey exercise also discovered another population of at least 1,000 individual orang utans in the Imbak-Kalabakan region of south-west Sabah. It was noted that while the orang utan population had stabilised in large forest areas, their numbers declined in forest patches within oil palm landscapes of the eastern lowlands of Sabah.

 

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