In response to the dwindling orangutan population and habitats, various conservation efforts have been made by different organisations and groups in hopes of preventing a further decline in these numbers. Some of these initiatives are more effective and others, but as a whole, more is needed to be done before we can safely say that these gentle primates will be here to stay for the next millennium.
For more information on the orangutan conservation efforts that have been made thus far, click on links below to find out more:
Alternatively, click here to find out what you as an individual can do to help mitigate the orangutan situation.