At last count, there were fewer than 15,000 orangutans left in Kalimantan, but most conservationists agree that that number may be optimistic. It is feared that a population of 20,000 to 30,000 orangutans may have plummeted to half that in just two years. And it's not just the orangutans that have suffered. All mammals in Indonesia are seeing their numbers decrease. At the pet market in the capital, Jakarta, the demand for exotic animals is still high, despite a year of severe economic turmoil.
Most people are too concerned with sending their children to school.