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Recent Surveys in the Forests of Ulu Segama Malua, Sabah, Malaysia, Show That Orang-utans (P. p. morio) Can Be Maintained in Slightly Logged Forests 1,2,3 2 4 1 1 Marc Ancrenaz *, Laurentius Ambu , Indra Sunjoto , Eddie Ahmad , Kennesh Manokaran , Erik Meijaard5, Isabelle Lackman 1,6 1 Hutan, Sabah, Malaysia, 2 Sabah Wildlife Department, Wisma Muis, Sabah, Malaysia, 3 North England Zoological Society, Chester Zoo, Chester, United Kingdom, 4 Sabah Forestry Department, Sabah, Malaysia, 5 People and Nature Consulting International, Kerobokan, Bali, Indonesia, 6 Pittsburgh Zoo, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America Abstract Background: Today the majority of wild great ape populations are found outside of the network of protected areas in both Africa and Asia, therefore determining if these populations are able to survive in forests that are exploited for timber or other extractive uses and how this is managed, is paramount for their conservation. Methodology/Principal Findings: In 2007, the ‘‘Kinabatangan Orang-utan Conservation Project’’ (KOCP) conducted aerial and ground surveys of orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus morio) nests in the commercial forest reserves of Ulu Segama Malua (USM) in eastern Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Compared with previous estimates obtained in 2002, our recent data clearly shows that orang-utan populations can be maintained in forests that have been lightly and sustainably logged. However, forests that are heavily logged or subjected to fast, successive coupes that follow conventional extraction methods, exhibit a decline in orang-utan numbers which will eventually result in localized extinction (the rapid extraction of more than 100 m3 ha21 of timber led to the crash of one of the