The Tapanuli orangutan, the world's latest great ape discovered only last year, is already under threat of extinction from human development. Native to northern Sumatra, only 800 Tapanuli orangutans live in the wild today. Despite the importance of their discovery, state-run Chinese company Sinohydro has plans to construct a dam, a project which will result in the deforestation of the orangutan's habitat. If completed, the dam could pose an existential danger to the orangutans. “Building the...
from Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building https://inhabitat.com/this-great-ape-was-discovered-6-months-ago-and-its-already-threatened-by-a-dam
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