Two orangutang released into the wild from the rehabilitation station after having lost original habitat

Rere a four and half year old Sumatran Orangutang hangs from a tree after being released into the wild from a cage at the Sumatran Orangutang Conservation Program (SOCP) Reintroduction and Quarantine Station in Jantho, Aceh Besar, Indonesia, 18 June 2019.

Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program (SOCP) together with Aceh Natural Resource Agency release two orangutans into the wild from the rehabilitation station after the orangutan having lost their original habitat from widespread illegal logging and destruction of forest for palm oil plantations. Indonesia is the world’s largest producer of palm oil, made from the pulp of the palm fruit, followed closely by Malaysia. Palm plantations have been built on land taken from destroyed tropical rainforest, causing the death and displacements of many species, among them the critically endangered orangutan.

EPA-EFE/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK