That habitat is precisely what humans prefer, too. One of the only chances for orangutans to survive requires humans to muster enough respect to grant them legal rights. Interestingly, because of their powerful minds, great apes qualify for basic legal rights under human law. The international Great Ape Project has been promoting this view and New Zealand is now considering acting upon it, the first country in the world to take this important step. If we've managed at least twice in recent history to open our minds about who is entitled to rights, perhaps we can do it a third time.
Orangutans are just one of many species facing serious threats to survival at human hands.
Unless we can develop more respect for life on this planet other than our own, it too will likely soon disappear.