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…

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…

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…

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…

Akmad - the chosen highlight orangutan of the first decade

June, 9 2021
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…

50 Years In The Field

May, 7 2021
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…