By Lucy Radford | Engagement Manager
As you know, one of the ways that the orangutan rescue team helps Sumatran orangutans is by evacuating them from conflict situations. However, this is not the only method they have for overcoming human-wildlife conflict - mitigating conflict requires a set of constant and consistent activities, one of which is monitoring isolated orangutans.
Monitoring isolated orangutans is a preventative measure to halt conflict before it begins. By gathering data about isolated orangutans spotted outside their usual forest range, the team can map out potential areas of conflict and carry out preventative actions like communicating with local people about how to protect their crops without harming the orangutans.
Orangutans themselves can be difficult to see, so the team often relies on trace findings such as half-eaten fruit, seeds and orangutan nests. To give an idea of the scale of the team's task: between February and April this year alone, they found 104 nests outside of forests across North Sumatra province - a strong indication that this work is important. Without the team's monitoring, the orangutans who built these nests might have ended up needing to be evacuated instead of being left alone to make their own way back to the forest.
Thank you for continuing to make this work possible.
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