- Tim Flatch
Proboscis monkey
Found in BorneoIUCN Red List status: Endangered
Proboscis monkeys like to wander over a wide home range, but their home is becoming increasingly fragmented. They fare very poorly in captivity, hence preserving them means saving the forests. But in Sabah, where they (and the local elephants) are acknowledged as a flagship species and tourist drawcard, only 15 percent of the monkeys live within protected areas. Unprotected forests are being converted into shrimp farms and palm-oil plantations. The situation in neighbouring Kalimantan is equally grave. All up, one-third of Borneo’s rainforests have gone since 1973, most of it around the coastal fringes favoured by proboscis monkeys, and the notion of a 'protected area' offers little defence against commercial exploiters. In 2011, Norway offered Indonesia a billion dollars as incentive for protecting its forests; but it’s too little, too late. At the current rate, Borneo will have lost all of its unprotected lowland rainforests by 2020.
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