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An endangered Sumatran orangutan carries her baby through branches in the forest of Bukit Lawang, part of the vast Leuser national park, on Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Alarm is growing at a plan that would open up new swaths of forest to mining, palm oil and paper companies, and could put orangutans and other critically endangered species at even greater risk.
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An endangered Sumatran orangutan carries her baby through branches in the forest of Bukit Lawang, part of the vast Leuser national park, on Indonesia’s Sumatra island. Alarm is growing at a plan that would open up new swaths of forest to mining, palm oil and paper companies, and could put orangutans and other critically endangered species at even greater risk.

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