Word: knotts
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...governments of Indonesia and Malaysia are trying to help preserve orangutan habitats by sending in police patrols, according to Knott. However, illegal logging still runs rampant as “logger bosses” encroach away from rivers’ edges and cut increasingly into the rainforest...
According to Knott, there are only 15,000 to 24,000 orangutans left in the world—and their numbers are decreasing fast...
...Knott said this impending extinction of one of the human species’ closest relatives impacts the world both from a biological and humanistic level...
...Knott said students can help preserve habitats for orangutans by supporting the U.S. Great Ape Conservation Act fund, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other conservation agencies fighting to preserve habitats for endangered species...
...think that international pressure helps—one person can make a big difference,” said Knott, noting that several Harvard students have worked with her in the past, many of whom took a year off between graduating from college and pursuing a higher degree...