Logging threatens orangutans' habitat in Indonesia
2009-06-09 06:12:30 GMT2009-06-09 14:12:30 (Beijing Time)
SINA.com
Trees are cut down to make room for palm oil plantation in a forest in Central Borneo, Indonesia. [CFP]
This picture taken on June 4, 2009 shows an orangutan swimming through the waters of the Rungan River, in Central Borneo, Indonesia. [CFP]
This picture taken on June 4, 2009 shows an orangutan swimming through the waters of the Rungan River, in Central Borneo, Indonesia. [CFP]
An orangutan is soaked all over after swimming through the waters of the Rungan River, in Central Borneo, Indonesia in this photo taken on June 4, 2009. [CFP]
An adult orangutan carries its baby on the back while swimming through the waters of the Rungan River, in Central Borneo, Indonesia in this photo taken on June 4, 2009. [CFP]
Mass deforestation in Borneo has ruined the orangutans' habitat, forced them to swim, which they are not good at and afraid of, in search of food. Logging in Borneo, threatening their existence in the wild.
