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Since he was just a few meters away, we sat and watched him for a while before heading further down the embankment towards the river. These programs often differ in their methods and specific goals, but all aim to return orangutans rescued from captivity to free forest life and to contribute to orangutan conservation by, for example, helping fight the illegal wildlife trade (Rijksen & Meijaard, 1999).Check for the cheapest flights to Sumatra on Skyscanner – compare airline prices instantly

It has been illegal in Indonesia to capture and keep wild orangutans since 1924 (Rijksen & Meijaard, 1999) so when captive orangutans are discovered they are confiscated by governmental authorities and placed in rehabilitation and/or reintroduction programs. With the rapid, large-scale degradation, fragmentation, and transformation of wild orangutan habitat since the 1970s, increasing numbers of orangutans are being displaced from the forest and captured for the illegal wildlife trade (Rijksen & Meijaard, 1999). Results are discussed in terms of their implications for how tourism operations need to be restructured to better manage and protect this critically endangered species.Ĭonservation situation, rehabilitation, and tourism This study aimed to investigate these effects via systematic focal observations of 13 rehabilitant and wild Sumatran orangutans ( Pongo abelii) ranging in areas open to tourists around Bukit Lawang, North Sumatra.

Tourism’s effects on wildlife are recognized as being understudied (Berman & Li, 2002 Grossberg et al., 2003 Kruger, 2005). higher rates of disease and mortality resulting from increased contact with humans, and inadequate foraging skills resulting from higher dependence on provisioning), but they have not yet been quantified and studied systematically. The effects of unregulated tourism at orangutan rehabilitation programs are somewhat predictable (e.g. Combining tourism and orangutan ( Pongo spp.) rehabilitation, originally thought to work symbiotically, is no longer recommended (Beck et al., 2007 Macfie & Williamson, 2010 Rijksen & Meijaard, 1999 Rosen & Byers, 2002 Russon & Susilo, this volume).