Jakarta, July 14 -- Indonesia's Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni on July 13 announced that it has prepared an 87,000-hectare conservation area in East Kalimantan to strengthen habitat protection for orangutans, one of the country's endemic species. Antoni was quoted by local media as saying that the process is already underway. It has taken a long time, but the proposed multi-stakeholder conservation area covers 87,000 hectares. He said the ministry is preparing a ministerial decree to establish a Working Group for Integrated Orangutan Conservation in the Keraitan Landscape. The minister said he will issue a letter of support for orangutan conservation and habitat protection efforts proposed by the Conservation Action Network (CAN). The s...