Published on January 1, 2022
EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT: IBU RENIE
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...
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Published on November 12, 2021
2021 Seed And Sapling Appeal
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...
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Published on August 19, 2021
Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas: 50 Years In The Field of Orangutan Research and Conservation
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...
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Published on August 17, 2021
Threats to the Park Escalated in the 1980's!
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...
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Published on August 16, 2021
First Mother: Siswoyo
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...
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Published on June 9, 2021
Akmad - the chosen highlight orangutan of the first decade
Akmad impacted me not only because she was the first orangutan female whom we rescued but also because of her very genteel and serene nature. She was a wild orangutan who had not been kept...
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