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Spring 2022 Appeal: Protect and Patrol

May, 1 2022

You would be hard-pressed to find people more dedicated, resilient, and selfless than the Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) patrol rangers. Stationed at remote wilderness posts across more than one million acres of forest in Central Indonesian Borneo (Central Kalimantan), OFI’s indigenous rangers are the heart of our Protect and Patrol Program. This program plays a…

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: IBU RENIE

January, 1 2022

Jakarta, the current capital of Indonesia. A city famed for its hustle and bustle, roads jam packed with motorbikes and cars each vying for space, sidewalks overflowing with street vendors and people. It’s easy to be overwhelmed here. In amongst this sits an unassuming side street where one will find an equally unassuming house. Finding…

2021 Seed And Sapling Appeal

November, 12 2021

As I sit here at my desk writing this letter to you, I reflect on where I was almost exactly fifty years ago this month. It was November 1971 when I arrived at the place I named Camp Leakey. After three years of waiting, I had finally arrived in Borneo, the large forested tropical island…

Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas: 50 Years In The Field of Orangutan Research and Conservation

August, 19 2021

Today is International Orangutan Day! In honor of this day, we share a video episode of the podcast Eco Impacters featuring OFI’s President Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas and Blane Edwards of Orangutan Alliance Australia in a dynamic conversation. Dr. Biruté shares her experience and wisdom gleaned from fifty years of fieldwork in Borneo. Please enjoy and share…

Threats to the Park Escalated in the 1980's!

August, 17 2021

In the 1970s the situation facing orangutans and the existence of rainforest seemed somewhat bleak. Little did I know! The situation in the 70s was actually the calm before the storm. Suddenly, sometime in the late 1980s, everything seemed to go haywire. The destruction of the forest around the National Park accelerated. Gold was discovered…

First Mother: Siswoyo

August, 16 2021

In the mid 1970s, two retired Indonesian Army Generals, one of whom had been the very popular Chief of Police for all of Indonesia, gave me their four orangutans. One of the retired Generals, who spoke English quite well because he had been a prisoner in Europe during the Second World War after being captured…

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Spring 2022 Appeal: Protect and Patrol

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: IBU RENIE

2021 Seed And Sapling Appeal

Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas: 50 Years In The Field of Orangutan Research and Conservation

Threats to the Park Escalated in the 1980's!

First Mother: Siswoyo

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