overlooked. This article analyses these factors and how they curtail effective orangutan conservation. Of significance are the … high opportunity costs of orangutan conservation and market failures associated with the public-goods nature of the …The future of the orangutan (Pongo spp.) is far from secure despite the species’ high profile and media attention. The …

Concentrating on their presence in Borneo, the ecology and conservation of two large Southeast Asian primates, the … orangutan Pongo pymaeus and the proboscis monkey Nasalis larvatus are reviewed. The former species occurs only in Borneo and … Sumatra and the latter only in Borneo. The comparative threats facing these two endangered primates and their approximate …

diversity. Conservation and management of wetlands have been identified as priority tasks for action in international … could feed into development of research and conservation projects. There are many reasons in favor of protection or a 'wise … budget and thus, for climate change, is a crucial pro-conservation argument that has been substantiated in this study through …

loss and an increase in greenhouse gas in the atmosphere. For example, in Borneo, forests are being converted to grow oil …