Guardian: The world's densest population of orangutans is set to be "extinguished" by a massive new wave of fires that is clearing large tracts of a peat swamp forest in the Indonesian island of Sumatra, conservationists have warned. Environmentalists claim that satellite images show a huge surge in forest blazes across the Tripa peat swamp in order to create palm oil plantations, including areas that have not been permitted for clearing. Tripa is home to a tight-knit enclave of around 200 critically...
URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/jun/29/fires-indonesia-orangutan
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