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The deputy forestry minister cited fragmented habitats and catastrophic natural disasters, such as the floods and landslides late last year, as key causes of the decline in Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan populations.
A female Tapanuli orangutan calls as it perches in a tree with its infant in the Batang Toru Forest in North Sumatra, in this undated handout photograph released by the Medan-based Orangutan Information Centre on June 10, 2026. (AFP/Handout/Orangutan Information Centre)
The populations of two orangutan species stood at 12,410 individuals, down 19.5 percent from the baseline in 2011, the Forestry Ministry revealed recently, citing the latest available survey conducted in 2021-2023.Deputy Forestry Minister Rohmat Marzuki said the survey recorded 11,694 Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) and 716 Tapanuli orangutans (Pongo tapanuliensis).
