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December 15, 2004

Gestural Communication in Wild Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Tanjung Puting National Park

According to our current knowledge, the orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) was the first great-ape species to split off from the evolutionary tree that led to modern humans. This happened about 14 million years ago (Goodman, 1999). In searching for the origins of human cognition and human language it is therefore imperative to gain knowledge about the… Continue reading Gestural Communication in Wild Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Tanjung Puting National Park

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September 10, 2004

Great Call Girl!

Our adventure in Indonesia started with a trip to Jakarta. We were greeted by an (un)healthy dose of heat, noise, and smog and endured a week of frustrating, but necessary, red-tape, government officials (more often behind ping-pong tables than desks), and hair-raising taxi drives in order to validate our LIPI research permits. Eventually we received… Continue reading Great Call Girl!

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May 17, 2004

OFI Partner, World Education, Begins Farmer Field School Program in Tanjung Puting National Park

World Education (WE) was established more than fifty years ago to improve the lives of the disadvantaged through social and economic programs. These programs include agricultural training, environmental education, community development, and integrated literacy. World Education’s international work is designed to contribute to individual growth as well as to community and national development. OFI’s partnership… Continue reading OFI Partner, World Education, Begins Farmer Field School Program in Tanjung Puting National Park

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November 21, 2003

Orangutan Populations may become extinct in the wild within the next twenty years

Orangutans may become extinct in the wild within the next ten years – a frightening fact. I spent most of the summer in Indonesia and the situation there remains very critical. I want to keep you up to date on our struggle to keep orangutans and their forests in Indonesia from being completely destroyed.

There is good news and bad news to the story.

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Gestural Communication in Wild Orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) in Tanjung Puting National Park

Great Call Girl!

OFI Partner, World Education, Begins Farmer Field School Program in Tanjung Puting National Park

Orangutan Populations may become extinct in the wild within the next twenty years

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