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Published on October 7, 2026
Sari & Sara: Rescued From the Flames
On September 13, 2026, Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) and our partners at The Indonesian Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) rescued a 20-year-old orangutan mother and her one-month-old infant daughter from a wildfire in West Kotawaringin...
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Published on December 20, 2019
Help Us Fight Increasing Wildfires
Photo of Indonesian wildfire Photo credit: Ulet Ifansasti NY Times Dear Friends of OFI, From June until October 2019 OFI staff were once again called upon to fight fierce fires that threatened orangutan habitat, national...
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Published on August 31, 2017
OFI Still Fighting the Forest Fires of 2015
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...
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Published on May 16, 2016
Emergency Appeal: Seed & Sapling Collection
April 2015 Dear Friend of OFI, Today is a turning point for the rainforests of Borneo. If we do not step in to save them now, they will be gone forever. We urgently need your...
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Published on April 6, 2016
News from the Field: Bringing the Forest Back
After fighting the devastating fires of 2015, Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) is as dedicated as ever to the protection of rainforest and orangutan habitat in Borneo. Unfortunately, large areas of OFI’s Orangutan Legacy Forest (OLF)...
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Published on September 30, 2015
Breaking News: 2015 Fire Season
Each year, as the rains cease and the long, hot, dry days pile up on top of each other like a pile of kindling, OFI faces one of the most difficult challenges to protecting orangutans...
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