Synopsis
Red Ape uses footage filmed by teams fighting to save critically endangered orangutans of Borneo, to reveal the reasons for their decline and exploring what their future holds.
- Programme: Natural World
- Series: 2018-2019
- Episode: Saving the Orangutan
- Channel: BBC Two
- Broadcast year: 2018
- Geography | Deforestation and Ecosystems | Palm Oil
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