World’s rarest orangutan under threat in Indonesia after court battle against dam fails

Fears Chinese-backed project will flood forest that is home to the most critically endangered species of ape

Environmentalists in Indonesia have lost a court challenge to a Chinese-backed dam project in Indonesia that will rip through the habitat of the most critically endangered orangutan species.

On Monday, the state administrative court in North Sumatra’s capital, Medan, ruled that construction can continue despite critics of the 510-megawatt hydro dam providing evidence that its environmental impact assessment was deeply flawed.

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