November 2019 Dear valued friend of the Orangutan Conservancy, As we approach 2020, I would like to thank you for your support this past year! With the help of our Orangutan Conservancy community we have been able to contribute substantially to many on the ground efforts to conserve orangutans. Thanks to you, we have been able to do so much …
By: Drh. Waluyo Jati My involvement as a regular participant at OVAG workshop started in 2015. This event has given me the chance to meet and learn so much about orangutan medic conservation from many seniors and colleagues from all over the world. I get so many new friends and colleagues each year, enabling me to have a pool of …
URGENT UPDATE! Subject: Borneo is BURNING The Orangutan Conservancy received a request from the Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) last week for Emergency Firefighting funds (EFF) to fight the intense infernos. The BNF is located in Sebangau National Forest in Central Kalimantan and it has the largest population of protected orangutans in the world. Currently, BNF is sending out local firefighting …
The Orangutan Conservancy recently partnered with The Borneo Nature Foundation to rebuild critical orangutan research infrastructure in Sebangau National Forest. Today, we receive an update from the Development Manager at BNF, Suzanne Turnbock on the fires that are currently threatening one of the largest wild populations of wild orangutans. Wildfires are not a foreign threat in Indonesia, many remember 2015 …
