By Petrus Kanisius, GPOCP Environmental Education Officer Earlier this month, on November 15th, we held our annual Orangutan Caring Week celebration. This year was a first in that we were in Sandai, a district that directly borders the eastern side of Gunung Palung National Park. Because the trip to Sandai requires a long, five-hour car […]
By Mariamah Achmad, GPOCP Environmental Education Manager One exciting new development in our conservation program this year is the addition of “Environmental Education Expeditions” to our repertoire of activities. These expeditions are designed to target remote communities around Gunung Palung National Park that also have relatively high rates of wildlife crime, and are part of […]
By Petrus Kanisius, GPOCP Conservation Awareness and Media Officer “Unimaginable,” maybe that’s the right word for this experience. Truthfully, I couldn’t have imagined I”d have the opportunity to see the array of biodiversity and the beautiful charm of the rainforest in Gunung Palung National Park, but I was able to spend June 2nd-June 10th there […]
By Cassie Freund, GPOCP Program Director At the end of April, GPOCP”s Sustainable Livelihoods team welcomed over 80 traditional artisans and supporters from across Indonesia for the 4th annual Weaver Meeting, a yearly activity for members of the Craft Kalimantan network. Craft Kalimantan is a consortium of six non-profit organizations that work together to promote […]
GPOCP, with support from Orangutan Outreach, have recently published an Indonesian-language coloring book featuring Bornean rainforest biodiversity. This book will be distributed to children living in the communities surrounding Gunung Palung National Park, and we hope it will get them excited about the natural world around them! This is part of our environmental education and […]
October 29, 2014 Four Bornean Orangutans Rescued in Ketapang in October Based on information gathered by Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program (GPOCP) investigators, a team comprised of officers from the Ketapang Police Department, the Ketapang Natural Resources Conservation Authority (BKSDA), and International Animal Rescue (IAR) have successfully rescued four Bornean orangutans that were illegally held […]
