Understanding the Impacts of Land-Use Policies on a Threatened Species: Is There a Future for the Bornean Orang-utan?

Serge A. Wich; David Gaveau; Nicola Abram; Marc Ancrenaz; Alessandro Baccini; Stephen Brend; Lisa Curran; Roberto A. Delgado; Andi Erman; Gabriella M. Fredriksson; Benoit Goossens; Simon J. Husson; Isabelle Lackman; Andrew J. Marshall; Anita Naomi; Elis Molidena; Nardiyono; Anton Nurcahyo; Kisar Odom; Adventus Panda; Purnomo; Andjar Rafiastanto; Dessy Ratnasari; Adi H. Santana; Imam Sapari; Carel P. van Schaik; Jamartin Sihite; Stephanie Spehar; Eddy Santoso; Amat Suyoko; Albertus Tiju; Graham Usher; Sri Suci Utami Atmoko; Erik P. Willems; Erik Meijaard

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Understanding the Impacts of Land-Use Policies on a Threatened Species: Is There a Future for the Bornean Orang-utan?

Serge A. Wich ,

* E-mail: s.a.wich@ljmu.ac.uk

Affiliation Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology, School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, United Kingdom
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David Gaveau,

Affiliation Centre for International Forestry Research, Situ Gede, Bogor Barat, West Java, Indonesia
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Nicola Abram,

Affiliation Durrell Institute for Conservation and Ecology, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom
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Marc Ancrenaz,

Affiliations Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, HUTAN, Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, North England Zoological Society, Chester Zoo, Chester, United Kingdom
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Alessandro Baccini,

Affiliation The Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Stephen Brend,

Affiliation Orangutan Foundation, London, United Kingdom
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Lisa Curran,

Affiliations Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, California, United States of America, Department of Anthropology, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
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Roberto A. Delgado,

Affiliation Departments of Anthropology and Biological Sciences, Program in Integrative and Evolutionary Biology (IEB), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, United States of America
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Andi Erman,

Affiliation GFA/KWF, Kapuas Hulu Program, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Gabriella M. Fredriksson,

Affiliations Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (PanEco-YEL), Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia, Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics/Zoological Museum, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Benoit Goossens,

Affiliations Danau Girang Field Centre, c/o Sabah Willife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, Organisms and Environment Division, Cardiff School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Simon J. Husson,

Affiliation Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project, c/o the Center for International Cooperation in the Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatlands (CIMTROP), University of Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Isabelle Lackman,

Affiliations Sabah Wildlife Department, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia, HUTAN, Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Programme, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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Andrew J. Marshall,

Affiliation Department of Anthropology, Graduate Group in Ecology, Animal Behavior Graduate Group, University of California Davis, California, United States of America
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Anita Naomi,

Affiliation Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (PanEco-YEL), Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
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Elis Molidena,

Affiliation Centre for International Forestry Research, Situ Gede, Bogor Barat, West Java, Indonesia
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Nardiyono,

Affiliations Forum Orangutan Indonesia (FORINA), Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Jakarta, Indonesia
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Anton Nurcahyo,

Affiliations Forum Orangutan Indonesia (FORINA), Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Kisar Odom,

Affiliation Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Adventus Panda,

Affiliation World Wide Fund for Nature-Indonesia (WWF-Indonesia), Sebangau Conservation Program/University of Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Purnomo,

Affiliation The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Jakarta, Indonesia
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Andjar Rafiastanto,

Affiliations Forum Orangutan Indonesia (FORINA), Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Flora and Fauna International-Indonesia, Ragunan, Jakarta, Indonesia
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Dessy Ratnasari,

Affiliation Lembaga Living Landscapes Indonesia (LLI), Pontianak, West Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Adi H. Santana,

Affiliation Biology Faculty, Universitas Nasional (UNAS), Jakarta, Indonesia
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Imam Sapari,

Affiliations Forum Orangutan Indonesia (FORINA), Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Yayasan Orangutan Indonesia (YAYORIN), Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Carel P. van Schaik,

Affiliation Anthropological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Jamartin Sihite,

Affiliations Forum Orangutan Indonesia (FORINA), Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Restorasi Habitat Orangutan Indonesia (RHOI), Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
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Stephanie Spehar,

Affiliation Anthropology Program, Department of Religious Studies and Anthropology, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, United States of America
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Eddy Santoso,

Affiliation Yayasan Orangutan Indonesia (YAYORIN), Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Amat Suyoko,

Affiliation Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia
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Albertus Tiju,

Affiliations Forum Orangutan Indonesia (FORINA), Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, World Wide Fund for Nature-Indonesia (WWF-Indonesia), West Kalimantan Program, Indonesia
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Graham Usher,

Affiliation Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (PanEco-YEL), Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
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Sri Suci Utami Atmoko,

Affiliations Forum Orangutan Indonesia (FORINA), Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Biology Faculty, Universitas Nasional (UNAS), Jakarta, Indonesia
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Erik P. Willems,

Affiliation Anthropological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
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Erik Meijaard

Affiliations People and Nature Consulting International, Ciputat, Jakarta, Indonesia, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
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Understanding the Impacts of Land-Use Policies on a Threatened Species: Is There a Future for the Bornean Orang-utan?

Serge A. Wich,
David Gaveau,
Nicola Abram,
Marc Ancrenaz,
Alessandro Baccini,
Stephen Brend,
Lisa Curran,
Roberto A. Delgado,
Andi Erman,
Gabriella M. Fredriksson

Published: November 7, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049142

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