KOTA KINABALU: The Orangutan Action Plan 2020-2029 is vital towards the survival of the primate’s population in the state, says Datuk Jafry Arifin.

The Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister said the orangutan would be under threat if the plan was not implemented, adding there were only some 11,000 orangutans in the state presently.

The orangutan was also listed as critically endangered in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.

Jafry said one of the items in the action plan was to hold conservation and public awareness programmes for all stakeholders in Sabah.

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