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The orang-utan in Sabah

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Glyn Davies
Glyn Davies
Affiliation:
Department of Biological Sciences, Njala University College, University of Sierra Leone, Private Mail Bag, Freetown, Sierra Leone.
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Abstract

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A survey of orangutans in Sabah, Borneo, which was carried out by the author and John Payne, resulted in an encouraging picture. In the primary forest of eastern Sabah alone, there are at least 4000 orangutans, but habitat destruction is fragmenting the population. Hunting is also common, especially in the central and western areas where orangutans are already scarce. Some orangutans are protected in conservation areas, but the future of the species outside these places depends on logging being carried out in a more conservation-oriented way. Among other things, we need to discover the size of primary-forest patches that need to be left in logged forest to support a viable population of orang-utans, which will be able to recolonize the logged forest as it regenerates.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 40 - 45
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1986

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