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Attack in Borneo! Mobile Guard Post Burned!

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

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 [...]

Photos Tell the Story of Borneo Blazes being Fought by OFI

Tuesday, September 22, 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.

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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Attack in Borneo! Mobile Guard Post Burned!

Photos Tell the Story of Borneo Blazes being Fought by OFI

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