BKSDA Evacuates Thin Orang Utan In East Kalimantan Mining Area

Illustration of orangutans (ANTARA)

East Kalimantan's KUTAI - Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) has made rescue efforts for a thin orangutan mother that has gone viral across the land road for a coal mine area in East Kutai.

"Currently the parent orangutan is under the strict supervision of our medical team," said Head of the Conservation Section Region II Tenggarong BKSDA East Kalimantan, Suriawaty Halim, quoted by ANTARA, Tuesday, September 26. Suriawaty said that his party carried out a three-day field investigation and investigation to find the whereabouts of the parent and orangutan whose videos were viral on various social media. PT IDXM mining locations bordering PT GAM mining locations in East Kutai, East Kalimantan Province. Suriawaty said various medical efforts were made to ensure the health of the parent orangutan to be worthy of being released back into the wild. East Kalimantan BKSDA Ari Wibawanto emphasized that the location of the discovery of the parent orangutan and its child was not in the Nusantara State Capital (IKN) area. However, the endangered animal was found at the coal mining site in East Kutai Regency which is located quite far from the IKN area.

According to Ari, protection of wildlife must be carried out by all parties in accordance with the mandate contained in Presidential Instruction Number 1 of 2023 concerning Preservation of the Preservation of Biodiversity in Sustainable Development. "We urge all parties to participate in preserving orangutans and maintaining their habitat," said Ari.