Can a photo save orangutans?
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Conservation organization KehatiKu in Indonesian Borneo is testing a community-payment model where local people photograph wildlife and upload sightings via an app, collecting approximately 175,000 records in one year while paying participants about $6 per orangutan photo, with communities already working to prevent illegal hunting.
Sustainability depends on maintaining constant funding; long-term viability remains to be demonstrated.
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