Global demand for natural resources eliminated more than 100,000 Bornean orangutans

摘要: Summary Unsustainable exploitation of natural resources is increasingly affecting the highly biodiverse tropics [1, 2]. Although rapid developments in remote sensing technology have permitted more precise estimates land-cover change over large spatial scales [3–5], our knowledge about effects these changes on wildlife much sparse [6, 7]. Here we use field survey data, predictive density distribution modeling, and to investigate impact resource land-use Bornean orangutans ( Pongo pygmaeus ). Our models indicate that between 1999 2015, half orangutan population was affected by logging, deforestation, or industrialized plantations. land clearance caused most dramatic rates decline, it accounted for only a small proportion total loss. A larger number were lost selectively logged primary forests, where decline less precipitous, but far are found. This suggests further drivers, independent change, contribute finding consistent with studies reporting hunting as major cause [8–10]. predictions abundance loss across Borneo suggest decreased than 100,000 individuals, corroborating recent [11]. Practical solutions prevent future can be realized addressing its complex causes holistic manner political societal sectors, such planning, exploitation, infrastructure development, education, increasing long-term sustainability [12]. Video Abstract