The future of the Bornean Orangutan: impacts of change in land and climate

United Nations Environment Programme

The future of the Bornean Orangutan: impacts of change in land and climate
Format
Paperback
Publisher
United Nations
Country
France
Published
4 January 2017
Pages
64
ISBN
9789491799020

The future of the Bornean Orangutan: impacts of change in land and climate

United Nations Environment Programme

Over the past century, orangutan populations in Southeast Asia have seen a very steep decline, driven to the brink of extinction by a host of man-made threats. Deforestation, illegal logging, the expansion of agro-industrial plantations and hunting - these forces combined to isolate orangutans into precarious pockets of forest on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra. Now, a new threat has emerged: climate change. This report assesses the impacts of land cover change and climate change on Borneo’s endangered orangutans. It also examines the major driver of deforestation - the expansion of oil palm - and analyses how various land-use scenarios might impact the region through different climate change projections. As global initiatives are being set in place, it is encouraged to utilize these approaches to ensure a path towards sustainable development, not just for the benefit of humankind, but also for its closest relatives, the orangutans.

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