Orangutan News: New Study Says Logging Concessions Offer
Sanctuary For Orangutans November 16, 2012 Well managed and
sustainable timber concessions in natural forests of Borneo
could become an important sanctuary in the future. The forest
concessions already hold the largest proportion of the wild
orangutan population – the concessions are home to more
orangutans than even protected parks and reserves. A new study
published in PlosOne from an international team of researchers
took a close look at the distribution of the orangutan across
the island of Borneo and discovered that 29% of the population
lived in natural forest timber concessions, 22% of the primates
lived in protected parks, 19% lived in undeveloped or under-
developed palm oil plantations, 6% lived in undeveloped tree
plantation concessions and the remaining 24% lived outside of
protected areas and designated concessions. Overall the
orangutan population is spread across 21% of the land mass of
Borneo. Operating logging concessions within natural