印度尼西亚婆罗洲的野火正对一处全球历时最久的野生类人猿研究基地构成严重威胁。古隆帕朗国家公园内的坎邦潘蒂研究站面临火灾的迫近危险，火势已经蔓延到距离卫星研究站兰克翁仅200米的位置1。科学家预计在现有燃烧速率下，火灾将在20天内抵达主研究站1。
教授切瑞尔·克诺特在该站从事了32年的红毛猩猩科研工作1。研究团队的工作揭示了红毛猩猩每八年才生育一次，这是哺乳动物中最长的繁殖周期1。古隆帕朗国家公园内栖息着超过2500只婆罗洲红毛猩猩，三个红毛猩猩物种均被认为濒临灭绝1。面对火灾威胁，多个物种已被观察到逃离灾区1。
极端干旱条件加剧了火灾形势。强厄尔尼诺现象导致西加里曼丹省部分地区数月无降雨或降雨极少1，印度尼西亚气象学家预测激烈的火灾季节将持续至10月1。为应对火情，超过40人的团队包括野外助手、工作人员和当地村民日夜奋战扑灭火势1。
Wildfires spreading across Indonesia's Borneo region are posing an acute threat to one of the world's longest-running primate research stations. The flames have already advanced to within 200 meters of Lanjak, a satellite research facility, and scientists project that the Cabang Panti research station—located approximately four miles south within Gunung Palung National Park—could be reached within 20 days if the fires continue at their current rate without intervention.1 The extreme fire season is being driven by strong El Niño conditions that have created severe drought across the region, with some areas of West Kalimantan experiencing months without rainfall.1
The research station has been the site of unprecedented long-term orangutan studies for over three decades.1 Professor Cheryl Knott has conducted 32 years of research on orangutans at the facility, contributing to groundbreaking findings such as the discovery that Bornean orangutans have among the longest reproductive cycles of any mammal, giving birth only once every eight years.1 The national park is home to over 2,500 Bornean orangutans, and all three orangutan species are considered endangered.1 Multiple species have already been observed fleeing the advancing flames.1
Efforts to contain the fire remain ongoing, with a team of more than 40 people—comprising field assistants, staff members, and local villagers—working around the clock to extinguish the flames.1 Indonesian meteorologists have forecast that the severe fire season will persist through October.1
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