Overstated Jul 27, 2026
“ground-based evidence”
then-environment and forestry minister Siti Nurbaya Bakar, 2018–2022
The new government-co-authored, peer-reviewed reassessment, the first since 2016, found a 19.5% decline instead.
In the brief: Study finds Sumatran orangutan population fell nearly 20% despite slower forest loss → Conservation news →