{
  "id": 16842508,
  "title": "Forest loss, wildfires put orangutans at high extinction risk",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/forest-loss-wildfires-put-orangutans-at-high-extinction-risk",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T03:30:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Jakarta Post",
    "slug": "the-jakarta-post",
    "url": "https://www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/2026/10/28/forest-loss-wildfires-put-orangutans-at-high-extinction-risk.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Forest loss and wildfires have placed orangutans in Indonesia at a high risk of extinction, according to a joint report by environmental groups Mighty Earth and Satya Bumi. The Tapanuli orangutan, considered the world's rarest great ape, faces the greatest threat as its habitat in North Sumatra becomes fragmented due to business activities. Recently, at least 58 individuals of this species were killed by cyclone-induced floods and landslides, leaving an estimated 658 Tapanuli orangutans in the wild. The Batang Toru ecosystem, home to the Tapanuli orangutans, has lost over 8,300 hectares of forest due to industrial expansion, smallholder agriculture, and small-scale logging. Experts urge enforcing a moratorium on these activities to preserve the remaining habitat and support a recovery plan for the species.",
  "summary": "Tapanuli orangutans in North Sumatra face increasing threats as their habitat gets fragmented by forest-encroaching business activities, while Bornean orangutans in Kalimantan are choked by haze-causing forest and peatland fires.",
  "key_points": [],
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}