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Orangutans Acting Wild: Building Nests, Making Friends, and Eating Upon Release into the Forest

Orangutans Acting Wild: Building Nests, Making Friends, and Eating Upon Release into the Forest With the release of four orangutans, Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) has now released a total of twenty-seven individuals into the wild during 2017. Two females, Sindora and Sullivan, and two males, Scotch and Murray, were the most recent orangutan releases into… Continue reading Orangutans Acting Wild: Building Nests, Making Friends, and Eating Upon Release into the Forest

Adult Orangutan and Young Malayan Sun Bear Rescued from Grim Captive Conditions for Return to Wild

On Tuesday, May 9th, an adult male orangutan “Jacko” and young Malaysian sun bear “Chico”arrived in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan (Kalimantan Tengah) in Indonesian Borneo. They were welcomed by Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas and staff from Orangutan Foundation International (OFI). Fourteen year old orangutan Jacko was discovered in August of 2014, living in a private… Continue reading Adult Orangutan and Young Malayan Sun Bear Rescued from Grim Captive Conditions for Return to Wild

A Day in the Life at Camp Rendell

Deep in the jungle, Camp Rendell is a place like no other, a haven ready to capture hearts and open minds to the beauty of the rainforest, the Dayak people, and the great apes who reside therein. Camp Rendell was officially inaugurated in 2011 thanks to funds from very special donor friends of Dr. Galdikas,… Continue reading A Day in the Life at Camp Rendell

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Orangutans Return Home to The Forest

Five Critically Endangered Bornean Orangutans Return Home to the Forest On February 22nd, Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) released five rehabilitated wild born ex-captive orangutans into the Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve forest. These five orangutans, originally orphaned by deforestation, were released “home” into their original forest habitat. Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) and The Rimba Raya Biodiversity… Continue reading Orangutans Return Home to The Forest

Newly Released Orangutans Immediately Have Sex

Rehabilitated ex-captive wild born orangutans, females Denux, Emily, Febri, and males Cooper and Yansoe, were returned to the wild in Central Indonesian Borneo by Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) in the Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve, an InfiniteEARTH Project. This release took place two days after the Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) and field conservation partner, The Rimba… Continue reading Newly Released Orangutans Immediately Have Sex

Spy in the Wild

Frequent visitor to Camp Leakey, Siswi is delighting screen audiences yet again in the documentary tv series Spy in the Wild. (In 2011, Siswi appeared in the IMAX documentary Born to Be Wild.) Spy in the Wild is a British nature mini-series “in which animatronic spy creatures infiltrate the animal world to explore their complex emotions.”… Continue reading Spy in the Wild

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Announcing InfiniteEARTH’s new Matching Gifts Campaign!

InfiniteEARTH has pledged to match up to $100,000 in donations to OFI over the next six months. OFI has been working beside The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve, an InfiniteEARTH Project in Borneo for the last several years. Now, InfiniteEARTH, the parent company behind Rimba Raya, has generously offered to further assist our field operations. From… Continue reading Announcing InfiniteEARTH’s new Matching Gifts Campaign!

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PRESS RELEASE: Mexico City, April 2016

Dr. Galdikas presents at the Segundo Congreso La Bioética y los Animales Mexico City, Mexico – April 20, 2016 Dr. Galdikas, OFI President and Founder, gave a presentation at the Segundo Congreso La Bioética y los Animales (Second Congress of Bioethics and Animals) on her over 40 years’ experience studying the Bornean orangutan. The Congreso… Continue reading PRESS RELEASE: Mexico City, April 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) that had been purchased and placed under protection burned in the 2015 fires, despite the relentless firefighting efforts of OFI… Continue reading News from the Field: Bringing the Forest Back

Announcing Field Partnership between OFI & Rimba Raya, an InfiniteEARTH Project

Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) is proud to officially announce its partnership with The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve, an InfiniteEARTH project.   The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve aims to reduce Indonesia’s greenhouse gas emissions and protect the endangered Borneo orangutan by preserving 64,977 hectares of tropical peat swamp forest. This is the world’s largest initiative to… Continue reading Announcing Field Partnership between OFI & Rimba Raya, an InfiniteEARTH Project

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Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) is proud to officially announce its partnership with The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve, an InfiniteEARTH project.

  The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve aims to reduce Indonesia’s greenhouse gas emissions and protect the endangered Borneo orangutan by preserving 64,977 hectares of tropical peat swamp forest. This is the world’s largest initiative to protect and preserve High Conservation Value (HCV), lowland peat swamp forests - one of the most highly endangered ecosystems in the world. The Rimba Raya area forms a critical buffer zone to Tanjung Puting National Park in the Seruyan River watershed. The area is rich in biodiversity, including several flagship species such as the endangered Bornean orangutan, clouded leopard, gibbon, probiscis monkey, and Malayan sun bear. OFI and Rimba Raya have enjoyed a close relationship for many years. The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve area was initially brought to the attention of Todd Lemons, the founder of Rimba Raya by Dr. Galdikas in 2007. Dr. Galdikas and InfiniteEARTH worked closely together through the process of gaining the concession rights to and accreditation for The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve, which were fully achieved in 2013. The Rimba Raya Biodiversity Reserve is a fully validated REDD+ project. In addition, it was certified as a Voluntary Carbon Standard project by SCS Global Services in May 2013. This year, Rimba Raya achieved the Triple Gold ranking under the global Climate, Community and Biodiversity (CCB) standards. Rimba Raya is one of only four projects globally to be verified to meet the CCB’s Triple Gold level. The CCB ranking means Rimba Raya meets exceptional targets in providing benefits for adapting to climate change, significant benefits for supporting communities around the project and protecting and nurturing the project’s rich and endangered plant and animal species, including orangutans. The partnership and close working relationship between OFI and Rimba Raya continues today. The organizations collaborate frequently. OFI provides ground-level support and advice drawing from OFI's long history in the region and experience with orangutans and with tropical forest conservation. Rimba Raya provides financial support and technical acumen to OFI. In addition to sharing knowledge and resources, the organizations even share staff via an unofficial exchange program. Rimba Raya's support has been of enormous help to OFI furthering OFI's field operations. OFI is proud to continue and to expand its partnership with Rimba Raya, an InfinteEARTH Project. [post_title] => Announcing Field Partnership between OFI & Rimba Raya, an InfiniteEARTH Project [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => open [ping_status] => open [post_password] => [post_name] => announcing-field-partnership-between-ofi-rimba-raya-an-infiniteearth-project [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2016-01-29 18:17:33 [post_modified_gmt] => 2016-01-30 01:17:33 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://orangutan.org/?p=15700 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => post [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw )