Apes in Danger is a Nature programme.

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Apes in Danger: Orangutan

Series 1, episode 2

Fergal Keane narrates this documentary about the race to save Asia's only great ape. The orangutan's forest homes are disappearing and now a new commercial drive is threatening their last remaining refuges. Palm oil is big business and brings in over $3 billion for Indonesia's economy each year. As our demand for palm oil increases, more and more forest is being removed to make way for huge plantations, leaving wild Orangutans with nowhere to go.