Tag Archive | "Forest Fire"
Rain in Tanjung Puting
2006 was an Eli Nino year and there was an extensive drought that lasted for several months. Usually, the height of the dry season comes at mid to late August. In 2006 the drought lasted well into November. 15% of the National Park burned. However, some of the fires took place in secondary forests, small [...]
Continue reading...Photos Tell the Story of Borneo Blazes being Fought by OFI
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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.
Continue reading...OFI Guardposts guard the Park against Fire and other Threats
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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Please take a look at the map in the previous post! You will see that only one post on the boundary on the eastern side of the Park is threatened by fire. Our guardposts are the little blue figures while the red spots need no explanation. Those are the fires burning at the [...]
Continue reading...The Fires are Blazing Again in Borneo
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
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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 [...]
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Scientist, conservationist, educator: for almost four decades Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas has studied and worked closely with the orangutans of Indonesian Borneo in their natural habitat, and is today the world’s foremost authority on the orangutan.Latest Flickr photos
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