Mighty Earth’s Reply Regarding the Batang Toru Hydropower Plant (PLTA)
Clarification of Glenn Hurowitz from Mighty Earth over the conservation of Tapanuli orangutans being endangered by the construction of Batang Toru hydropower plant (PLTA) in North Sumatra.
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July 24, 2023
Mighty Earth’s Right of Reply
THE Tapanuli orangutan is one of Indonesia’s natural treasures. Identified in 2017 as a new species, it lives only in Sumatra’s Batang Toru ecosystem. The fact that a large, furry, orange creature could remain hidden to science into this millennium shows that the Earth remains full of wonders. Its existence is one of many reasons I love Indonesia.
However, deforestation has destro
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