A palm oil company is gearing up to expand into critical orangutan habitat in Indonesian Borneo, raising alarms over the survival of the critically endangered great apes.
PT Equator Sumber Rezeki is part of Jakarta-based First Borneo Group, which is currently one of the most active deforesters in Indonesia’s palm oil industry. ESR recently started clearing forest inside its 15,000-hectare concession in West Kalimantan province.
By Hans Nicholas Jong
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/04/orangutan-habitat-under-siege-as-palm-oil-company-clears-forest-in-borneo/
