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New rare orangutan find in Borneo 

A hitherto unknown population of orangutans numbering perhaps 1-2,000 has 
been found on the island of Borneo, conservation researchers say. 

Members of the reclusive endangered species were found by scientists acting 
on tip-offs from local people. 

Much of the orangutan's tropical forest habitat in Indonesia and Malaysia has 
been cut down for timber extraction and to create palm oil plantations. 

About 50,000 orangutans are thought to remain in the wild. 

"The reclusive red-haired primates were found in a rugged, largely 
inaccessible mountainous region," Erik Meijaard, of Nature Conservancy 
Indonesia, said. 

The journey to the region took 10 hours by car, another five by boat and then 
a couple more hours hiking. 

The team found more than 200 nests crammed into just a few kilometres and 
spotted three wild orangutans in the canopy above them - a mother and her 
baby, and a large male who broke off branches to throw at them. 

It is even possible, the researchers say, that this could be a kind of 
orangutan refugee camp - with several groups moving into the same area 
following widespread forest fires. 

The team of scientists is now working with local groups to try to protect the 
area.