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The Gunung Palung Orangutan Project: Twenty-five years at the intersection of research and conservation in a critical landscape in Indonesia

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BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION
卷 255, 期 -, 页码 -

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DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108856

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Orangutan; Rainforest; Long-term research; Critically endangered; Non-invasive; Conservation

资金

  1. Adventure Travel Conservation Fund
  2. American Society of Primatologists
  3. Ape Alliance
  4. Arcus Foundation [G-PGM-1911-3073, G-PGM-1708-2235, G-PGM-1506-1327, G-PGM-1104-36, 1104-36/PID-01853, 0902-30]
  5. Association of Zoos and Aquariums Conservation Endowment Fund [13-1159, 11-1063]
  6. Conservation Grants Fund [15-1296]
  7. Awely Foundation
  8. Balikpapan Orangutan Society-Canada
  9. Balikpapan Orangutan Society-USA
  10. Bay Foundation
  11. Paul Foundation
  12. Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
  13. Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
  14. Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
  15. Conservation, Food and Health Foundation
  16. Conservation International
  17. Disney Conservation Fund
  18. Explorers Club
  19. Feyerabend Foundation
  20. Focused on Nature
  21. GLOBIO Focus Foundation
  22. GRASP Ian Redmond Conservation Award
  23. Hollomon Price Foundation
  24. Houston Zoo
  25. IDEA WILD
  26. Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund
  27. International Primatological Society Southwick Grant
  28. International Union for the Conservation of Nature
  29. Jean-Marc Vichard Conservation and Development Award
  30. Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund
  31. LSB Leakey Foundation
  32. Mary Erskine Grant
  33. Margot Marsh Biodiversity Fund
  34. Andrew W Mellon Foundation
  35. Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund
  36. Nacey Maggioncalda Foundation
  37. National Geographic Society [EC-53921R-18, ECO690-14, GEFNE68-13, 8564-08, C113-07, C49-04, 7054-01, C2-01, 6058-97, 6029-97, 5746-96, 5321-94]
  38. National Science Foundation [BCS 1638823, 1540360, BCS-0936199, 643122, 9414388]
  39. Ocean Park Conservation Fund
  40. Orangutan Conservancy
  41. Orangutan Foundation International
  42. Orangutan Odysseys
  43. Orangutan Outreach
  44. Orang Utan Republik Foundation
  45. Oregon Zoo
  46. Papoose Foundation
  47. Phoenix Zoo
  48. Primate Conservation International
  49. Prince Bernhard Nature Fund, Remembering Wildlife
  50. Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens
  51. Sea World Busch Gardens Conservation Fund
  52. Seneca Park Zoo
  53. Sigma Xi
  54. Tides Foundation
  55. USAID -IFACS
  56. US Fish and Wildlife Service [F19AP00798, F18AP00898, F15AP00812, F13AP00920, F12AP00369, 96200-0-G249, 96200-9-G110, 98210-8-G661, 98210-7-G185, 98210-4-G960, 98210-4-G745, 98210-1-G976, 98210-1-G051]
  57. Wenner-Gren Foundation
  58. Whitley Fund for Nature
  59. Wildlife Conservation Network
  60. Woodland Park Zoo Partners for Wildlife
  61. Zoo Atlanta
  62. Zoo New England
  63. Boston University
  64. Harvard University
  65. Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
  66. Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci [9414388] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
  67. Direct For Social, Behav & Economic Scie
  68. Division Of Behavioral and Cognitive Sci [1540360] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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The Gunung Palung Orangutan Project has been researching critically endangered Bornean orangutans in Indonesia since 1994, with a focus on understanding how the unique rainforest environment of Southeast Asia impacts orangutan behavior, physiology, and health. Through the development of non-invasive techniques and an integrated biology approach, the project has increased understanding of the ecological and evolutionary pressures shaping orangutan adaptations.
The Gunung Palung Orangutan Project has conducted research on critically endangered wild Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) since 1994 in Gunung Palung National Park, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. A major goal of our broad-ranging research on orangutan behavior and ecology is to understand how the unique rainforest environment of Southeast Asia, characterized by dramatic changes in fruit productivity due to unpredictable mast fruiting, impacts orangutan behavior, physiology, and health. Much of our research has been devoted to the development of non-invasive techniques and an integrated biology approach ? using hormonal assays, fecal processing, nutritional analysis, genetics, and behavioral ecology ? and has led to an increased understanding of the ecological and evolutionary pressures shaping orangutan adaptations. Our results show that the extended life history and very slow reproductive rate of orangutans are adaptations to their environment. Orangutans in the Gunung Palung landscape, as elsewhere across Borneo and Sumatra, also face a series of conservation challenges, including extensive habitat loss and the illegal pet trade. We highlight how our investigations of orangutan health status, ecosystem requirements, and the assessment of orangutan density using ground and drone nest surveys have been applied to conservation efforts. We describe our project?s direct conservation interventions of public education and awareness campaigns, sustainable livelihood development, establishment of village-run customary forests, investigation of the illegal pet trade, and active engagement with Indonesian government organizations. These efforts, in concert with the development of local scientific and conservation capacity, provide a strong foundation for further conservation as orangutans face a challenging future.

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