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Remembering Pak Bohap
Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) and OFI Founder & President Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas are deeply grieved to announce that Pak Bohap bin Jalan passed away in April 2022. Pak Bohap was Dr. Galdikas’ husband for the past 42 years and worked with OFI for even longer. He fought a brief but intense battle against lung cancer and a heart [...]
Spring 2022 Appeal: Protect and Patrol
OFI ranger placing sign: “It is forbidden to cut trees and hunt animals in this area.” You would be hard-pressed to find people more dedicated, resilient, and selfless than the Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) patrol rangers. Stationed at remote wilderness posts across more than one million acres of forest in Central Indonesian Borneo (Central Kalimantan), [...]