This year marks 50 years since OFI President and Founder Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas made camp in the jungles of Borneo to begin her pioneering study of orangutans, one of humankind’s closest living relatives. This year we are celebrating this momentous anniversary to honor Dr. Biruté for dedicating her life to the conservation of orangutans… Continue reading 50 Years In The Field
There are three identified species of orangutan – the Sumatran, Tapanuli and Bornean. Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) are the third heaviest living primate after two gorilla species. Studies have indicated that there are three subspecies on Borneo. The orangutans of Southwest Borneo (Pongo pygmaeus wurmbii) are the largest and most populous of the three Bornean… Continue reading Orangutan of the month May 2020
POPPY, Strong and Independent
A new baby orangutan at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) is sometimes the last link in a great chain. Lori Belle was reportedly found by some villagers in their “garden” and she was presented to the Taman Nasional (National Park office of the Indonesian Forestry), who passed her along to the KSDA (Nature… Continue reading Orangutan of the month April 2020
LORI BELLE: Quiet and Reflective
The complex of buildings known as the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) may be one nerve center of OFI’s (Orangutan Foundation International) operations in Borneo but stretching forth like branches from a tree are a network of camps, facilities, and posts. Extending from these are projects ranging from reforestation to orangutan rehabilitation. Camp Rendell… Continue reading Orangutan of the Month March 2020: LADY GILBERT – PORTRAIT OF A LADY
It is the middle of the night on the middle of a dirt road intersection somewhere in the middle of Borneo. On occasions like this you need someone with encyclopaedic knowledge to get you from A to B. Enter the drivers of the Orangutan Foundation International (OFI). These individuals know the roads of Central Borneo… Continue reading EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: THE DRIVERS OF OFI
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