JAKARTA — “Remarkably lax” and “laissez-faire” law enforcement efforts by conservation authorities in Indonesia have allowed the killing, capture and trade of scores of orangutans to persist, according to a recent study. Indonesia reported 2,229 crimes against the three orangutan species in the country — Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli (Pongo pygmaeus, P. abelii and P. … Continue reading Indonesia’s orangutans declining amid ‘lax’ and ‘laissez-faire’ law enforcement