First on-camera canopy-bridge crossing by a Sumatran orangutan signals wildlife-friendly infrastructure
Conservationists in North Sumatra built a canopy bridge over the Lagan-Pagindar road to reconnect orangutan populations split by the road; after two years of camera-trap monitoring, a young Sumatran orangutan was filmed crossing the bridge—the first documented use of such a wildlife bridge for the species—highlighting the bridge’s role in maintaining forest connectivity and preventing genetic bottlenecks for about 350 local orangutans.
