FOR the past three years, Hardi Baktiantoro, 37, has devoted his time and much of his life to saving orangutans. In an interview with Tempo two weeks ago, he described the problem with orangutans in Indonesia as metaphorically mopping a floor that is always wet from a leaking faucet. Hardi’s point is that all efforts to save the orangutan is unlikely to mean much unless the government stops deforestation.

As director of the Center for Oranguta