Indonesia is moving ahead with its plans to relocate the nation's capital. But alongside the excitement there's also deep concern for the shrinking lowland tropical rainforests and wildlife, including endangered orangutans.
Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesThe foundation's orangutan rehabilitation work began in East Kalimantan in 1991.
"The neighboring Sepaku and Samboja districts do not have wild orangutan populations," Nurcahyo says. NGOs and locals worry that a new city of some 1.5 million residents may be disastrous for the environment. This aerial picture taken on August 28, 2019 shows the area around Sepaku, where Indonesia's new capital is set to be built.The extent of the threat to rare wildlife will depend on the ongoing planning and surveys, says BOS.
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