Deadly Indonesia floods wiped out at least 7% of rare orangutan population, report says (opens in new tab)

Deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia’s Sumatra last year have wiped out at least 7% of the total population of ​the critically endangered Tapanuli orangutan, a new report released on Wednesday showed. The cyclone-induced ‌floods and landslides killed at least 1,200 people and damaged around 300,000 homes, with environmental groups blaming the extent of the […] The post appeared first on <a href="