By Ahmad Rizal, Research Manager & Tri Wahyu Susanto, Research Director The Rangkong River is located in Gunung Palung National Park, and was the location of massive illegal logging activities in the early 2000s. Around this river are three habitat types – freshwater swamp, peatland swamp, and kerangas (heath forest). This lowland forest area is […]
By Petrus Kanisius, Communications Officer One of our strategies for supporting conservation of orangutans and their habitat is to instill knowledge and enthusiasm among the community, especially the younger generation. GPOCP/Yayasan Palung’s Environmental Education program regularly works to visit schools for lectures and puppet shows, host field trips, and carry out programming for youth group […]
By Randha, Field Research Assistant Over more than three decades, Cabang Panti Research Station (CPRS), in Gunung Palung National Park, has become a gathering place for researchers, both from Indonesia and abroad, to conduct research for undergraduate theses, master’s theses, doctoral dissertations and even postdoctoral/professor’s research. Research has been conducted on a lot of habitats […]
By Petrus Kanisius, Communications Officer From January 17th to 19th Yayasan Palung/GPOCP held our 2022 Annual Meeting on Pulau (Island) Juante in Sukadana, Kayong Utara Regency. Each year, the conservation and research teams come together for this two-day event. It takes an hour to travel by motorboat from the port of Sukadana to get to […]
By Andrea Johnson, GPOCP Board Member and Secretary We have some pretty cool news to share. But first, travel back in time with me for a moment. Early 2001: For the last year I had been working with Dr. Cheryl Knott’s orangutan project in the world’s most beautiful place. I had waited for the Y2K […]
By Natalie Robinson, Program Coordinator It’s difficult to believe another year has already come to an end while we are still living in the strange new realities of COVID-19. Though foreign staff members have been back in their home countries since March 2020, we’ve been fortunate to keep busy at GPOCP, and have made great […]
