Daily Archives: December 7, 2023

Wild Orangutans in the Heart of Borneo with the Leakey Foundation

This entry was posted in News from the field Uncategorized on December 7, 2023 by gpocp

By Cheryl Knott, Executive Director As a child growing up in the 1960s, I remember being enraptured by the grandfatherly Louis Leakey describing his discoveries of human fossil ancestors in National Geographic TV specials. This ignited a lifelong interest in trying to understand where we came from, how we got here and why we are […]

Sharing Love for Orangutans for World Orangutan Day

This entry was posted in Conservation team on December 7, 2023 by gpocp

By Petrus Kanisius, Media Coordinator and Environmental Education Officer Every August 19th is World Orangutan Day (WOD) – a day to support and encourage all of us to care about the fate of this highly endangered primate. This year the theme for World Orangutan Day was “Love for Orangutans.” Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program/Yayasan Palung […]