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Your support is needed: Help us guard the forest.

November, 15 2017

We need your help now more than ever to save the forest, for the orangutans and other wildlife, in Borneo. Who are the real guardians of Tanjung Puting and the Orangutan Legacy Forest? You. OFI’s contributors and supporters. Donate Now Dear Friends of OFI, Today I am making a special, deeply urgent, and very personal…

The New Records Library of OFI

October, 31 2017

Since Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas began research in 1971, through the establishment of Orangutan Foundation International in 1986, and to the present day, OFI has collected various data on wild orangutans, other native species, botany and logistics. This wild orangutan research program is singular in duration and continuity. The information, therefore, is incredibly valuable and…

Orangutan of the Month for Jan, 2018: Ariel

October, 31 2017

On a warm morning in Central Indonesian Borneo, the caregivers of Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) prepare to escort the orangutans from Pondok Satu into the Learning Forest at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ). Pondok (which means “shelter”) Satu is currently managed by an all-female team who care for both female and male orangutans,…

OFI Still Fighting the Forest Fires of 2015

August, 31 2017

In 2015, deliberately lit fires raged across the Indonesian islands of Kalimantan and Sumatra. As the fires grew increasingly out of control and smoke hung heavy and thick over the region, the Indonesian government declared six provinces in the archipelago to be under a state of emergency. One of the six provinces was Central Kalimantan,…

Orangutan of the Month for Dec, 2017: Otan

August, 31 2017

On a hot afternoon during the rainy season, a vehicle slowly pulled up in the driveway of OFI’s Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) in Central Indonesian Borneo. The van was soon recognized to be a patrol vehicle of the Sampit Wildlife Department of Indonesia. An officer opened up the car to reveal two little…

Zooming in on ‘Forest Fragmentation’

August, 31 2017

Harmful consequences of Palm Oil plantations for Biodiversity – Zooming in on ‘Forest Fragmentation’ You might have heard that the production of palm oil is very damaging to our global environment and tropical biodiversity.[1] Acres of rainforest are cleared every hour, displacing or killing the many animals who live in them, including the critically endangered…

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Your support is needed: Help us guard the forest.

The New Records Library of OFI

Orangutan of the Month for Jan, 2018: Ariel

OFI Still Fighting the Forest Fires of 2015

Orangutan of the Month for Dec, 2017: Otan

Zooming in on ‘Forest Fragmentation’

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