By Edi Rahman, Field Director Each year, GPOCP (known as Yayasan Palung in Indonesian) holds an Annual Meeting. This past month, from January 8th to 10th, we held the 2021 Annual Meeting at Pasir Putih-Sungai, Gantang, Mekar Utama Village, Kendawangan. The meeting was attended by all GPOCP conservation and research staff. During the meeting, we evaluated the activities […]
By Natalie Robinson, Program Coordinator and Cheryl Knott, Executive Director Although 2020 has been an unprecedented year in many ways, we’ve been fortunate to keep busy at GPOCP, and have made great strides towards the conservation of wild orangutans. To kick off the year, we held our annual meeting in January. Our conservation and research […]
By Mariamah Achmad I have worked at GPOCP (known as Yayasan Palung in Indonesia) for the past 11 years, since October 2009. Throughout my time at Yayasan Palung, it has been like my home, since I’ve spent so much time here. Prior to working at Yayasan Palung, I worked for a different organization, empowering farming communities on […]
By Edi Rahman, Field Director The land within the Ketapang and Kayong Utara Regencies is mostly made up of peat swamp. This is a comfortable habitat for orangutans and other wildlife to live. However, many people in the region are not aware of the importance of orangutans and their habitat. Orangutans continue to be disturbed […]
By Petrus Kanisius, Environmental Education Communication & Media Officer Last month I represented GPOCP as an attendee at a media training seminar organized by the Indonesia-based organization, Earthqualizer. I, along with a group of other journalists, were part of a two-day retreat where we learned about scientific writing, and traveled to remote forests to learn […]
By Edi Rahman, GPOCP Field Director In 2000 I earned my Bachelor’s Degree from the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Tanjungpura University, Pontianak, Indonesia. After completing my education, I began work as an anti-corruption activist for an organization based in the Ketapang Regency, West Borneo. There, I met some friends who worked in the […]
