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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 [...]
Continue reading...Orangutan Twins – Thor doing fine so far!
Friday, December 4, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Orangutan Twins at Camp Leakey!
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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 [...]
Continue reading...Return to Indonesia: Meeting the Governor in Palangka Raya
Thursday, July 2, 2009
Shortly after my arrival in Jakarta I was told (in typical local fashion) that we had an appointment to meet with the Governor of our province, Kalimantan Tengah (Central Indonesian Boneo) in two days’ time. The appointment was at one o’clock in a suite at a hotel in Palangka Raya, the provincial capital, where the Governor [...]
Continue reading...More views of Jakarta, Indonesia’s City of Dreams, and Cats
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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Jakarta, like most cities in developing countries, is very much a city of contrasts with mansions in Pondok Indah rivalling those in Beverly Hills, California, and slums in south Jakarta reminiscent of Calcutta. It is also noisey, gritty, smoggy, and sweaty. But it still has some of the nicest people in the world. You just [...]
Continue reading...Return to Indonesia: Jakarta, City of Dreams
Thursday, July 2, 2009
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It’s great to be back in Jakarta, a city that many foreigners avoid. It is also called “The Big Durian” and the pollution does sometimes stink. Jakarta is Indonesia’s capital, largest city, and probably its most dynamic urban area. It has at least ten million people and is one of the largest cities in the [...]
Continue reading...Coming Home: First to Jakarta
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Mr. Freddy, a local businessperson from the province of Kalimantan Tengah, flew to Jakarta so that he could immediately receive the funds for 20 ha. of forest that he agreed to sell OFI. Otherwise, the forest would have been cleared for palm oil and lost forever to a relic population of about 50 – 100 wild [...]
Continue reading...About the Author
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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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
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