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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.

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 [...]

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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Photos Tell the Story of Borneo Blazes being Fought by OFI

OFI Guardposts guard the Park against Fire and other Threats

The Fires are Blazing Again in Borneo

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