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9. December 2009

Attack in Borneo! Mobile Guard Post Burned!

On November 19,2009 around one in the afternoon, a group of 63 Indonesian police officers with two dump trucks supported by Park rangers and Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) rangers moved into an illegal dry ground strip mining area inside the very northern edge of Tanjung Puting National Park and began arresting illegal [...]

4. December 2009

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Orangutan Twins – Thor doing fine so far!

Tut’s twins were born on October 15, 2009 at Camp Leakey, our facility supported and managed by Orangutan Foundation International, but Tranquillity, the weaker twin of the two, soon died. We named Thor, the stonger twin who survived, for the day of the week that he was born, Thursday. Since both twins [...]

22. November 2009

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Orangutan Twins at Camp Leakey!

Orangutan twins are a rare occurrence in nature! On October 15,2009 an orangutan female named Tut gave birth to twins at Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Indonesian Borneo. She first appeared on the bridge in the morning carrying her two newborn infants . Since one of the twins seemed weak, the Camp [...]

22. September 2009

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Photos Tell the Story of Borneo Blazes being Fought by OFI

They say that a photo is worth a thousand words. Here is the equivalent of a few thousand words: photos of the fires that OFI is facing and fighting in 2009. The extreme droughts that enable human-made fires to blaze throughout Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) and Sumatra seem to be much more frequent than they ever used to be. The last El Nino was in 2006 when over 50 of our OFI assistants fought the fires for almost two months before the fires were brought to a stop.

22. September 2009

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The Fires are Blazing Again in Borneo

The fires are blazing again in Kalimantan! I sit weary and exhausted in front of my computer but not nearly as weary as the OFI (Orangutan Foundation International) assistants who have been fighting these fires for several weeks now since the end of August. We were warned that 2009 would be an El [...]

14. July 2009

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Return to Borneo: Inspecting Forest bought by OFI accompanied by a 67 year old Dayak Elder

Mr. Freddy is a local businessperson from whom OFI recently bought 20 hectares of forest land. He has nothing to do with my son Fred who is called Freddie by some of his friends. Upon my return to Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), the first thing I did was check, once again, the 20 hectares of forest OFI had bought [...]

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Attack in Borneo! Mobile Guard Post Burned!

Orangutan Twins – Thor doing fine so far!

Orangutan Twins at Camp Leakey!

Photos Tell the Story of Borneo Blazes being Fought by OFI

The Fires are Blazing Again in Borneo

Return to Borneo: Inspecting Forest bought by OFI accompanied by a 67 year old Dayak Elder

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