Illegal logging and deforestation in Indonesia has reduced the orangutan population in the country by 80 percent over the last ten years. Currently, there are about 60,000 orangutans left in Indonesia.
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Source: Norimitsu Onishi, “Humans Intrude on Indonesian Park, Threatening Forests and Wildlife,”, New York Times, June 13, 2009.