Authors:
Oswald Braken Tisen and Sundai Silang
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
bornean-orangutan, distribution, peat-swamp, rehabilitation, sarawak
Documentfile:
ipc16p238-242a394tisensilang.pdf
Summary:
SUMMARY
Traditionally, orangutan ranges through most of southern part of Sarawak. Today, orangutan has a limited distribution in Sarawak with main population in the Batang Ai National Park (BANP) – Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary (LEWS) complex. Smaller population occurs in the peat swamp forest of the Sedilu – Sebuyau and Gunung Lesong complex. Orangutan research in Sarawak began with collections and body measurements by Alfred Russel Wallace in 1855. It was more than a hundredth year later, in 1958 that any serious efforts taken to conserve the specie by listing it as protected under the Wild Life Protection Ordinance. Rehabilitation efforts begin in 1963 in Bako National Park was unsuccessful. A concerted rehabilitation program was introduced in Semenggoh in 1975…