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Code RED Newsletter Issues

Month & YearPublicationFeatured ArticlesAuthors
December 2023Code Red Vol. 132Exploring Biodiversity and Meeting an Orangutan on a Rainforest Field Trip
A Memorable Visit to the Cabang Panti Research Station and the Rangkong River Camp
Riduwan
Tatang Mitra Setia
November 2023Code Red Vol. 131Commemorating Orangutan Caring Week in Village Forests
Making Work Feel Like a Hobby: Photographing Orangutan Foods
Edi Rahman
Sumihadi
October 2023COde Red Vol. 130Taking Action to Prevent Wildfires
Sampai Jumpa Nanti (See You Later)
Hendri Gunawan
Natalie Robinson
September 2023Code Red Vol.129Yayasan Palung and Village Management Boards (LPHD) Fight Fires
My Return to Gunung Palung
Robi Kasianus
Caitlin O'Connell
August 2023Code Red Vol. 128Sharing Love for Orangutans on World Orangutan Day 2023
Wild Orangutans in the Heart of Borneo with the Leakey Foundation
Petrus Kanisius
Cheryl Knott
July 2023Code Red Vol. 127Mitigating Human-Orangutan Conflict in Padu Banjar Village
A letter from Kalimantan: My first experience working in Gunung Palung National Park
Samsidar
Dobi Sinaga
June 2023Code Red Vol. 126 Planting Trees to Commemorate World Environment Day and World Rainforest Day
My Journey to Becoming an Orangutan Field Research Assistant
Petrus Kanisius
Aynuddin
May 2023Code Red Vol. 125My First Experience Entering the Peat Swamp Forest of Hutan Desa Padu Banjar
Liquid Gold: Urine as a Non-Invasive Method to Study Orangutan Physiology
Mahendra
Faye Harwell
April 2023Code Red Vol. 124 Celebrating Earth Day 2023
A Long-Awaited Return to Indonesia for My Dissertation Research
Petrus Kanisius
Laura Brubaker-Wittman
March 2023Code Red Vol. 123SMART Patrols & Wild Orangutans in Nipah Kuning Village Forest
Following Orangutans in a Secondary Forest Area
Edi Rahman
Sabta Pelari
February 2023Code Red Vol. 122Technical Verification of Matan Jaya & Lubuk Batu Village Forest Proposals
A Botanist's View of the Rainforest
Hendri Gunawan
Gunawan Wibisono
January 2023Code Red Vol. 121All Staff Gather for 2023 Annual Meeting
Bridging Society and Science: Temporal Seed Germination Visualization
Petrus Kanisius
Mega Oktavia Gunawan
December 2022Code Red Vol. 120 2022 - A Year of New Beginnings
Orangutan Conservation: Threats, Challenges, and Hope
Natalie Robinson & Cheryl Knott
Taylor Tench
November 2022Code Red Vol. 119 Celebrating Orangutan Caring Week 2022
Attending the 8th Asian Primate Symposium in Vietnam
Ranti Naruri
Erik Sulidra & Ishma Fatiha
October 2022Code Red Vol. 118 Providing "Ecoprint" Training to Incorporate Natural Fabric Dye in Handicrafts
Life as a Field Research Assistant at Cabang Panti Research Station
Ranti Naruri
Yogi Saputra
September 2022Code Red Vol. 117 Back to Gunung Palung
Studying Forest Structure and Orangutan Nests
Cheryl Knott
Seno Wicaksono
August 2022Code Red Vol. 116 Celebrating World Orangutan Day 2022
Announcing a New Orangutan Pregnancy
Haning Pertiwi
Ahmad Rizal
July 2022Code Red Vol. 115Providing Firefighting Equipment for Villages in the GPNP Buffer Zone
Gunung Palung, Gateway to Dreams
Ranti Naruri & Edi Rahman
Tasya Azzahra Priandani
June 2022Code Red Vol. 114WBOCS 2022 Award Night and Student Profiles
From Reading to Research, My Path to Borneo
Petrus Kanisius
Victoria Zdanowicz
May 2022Code Red Vol. 113 Environmental Education Expedition to Two Customary Forest Villages
Welcoming a New Baby Orangutan to the Cabang Panti Research Station Family
Widiya Octa Selfiany
Ahmad Rizal
April 2022Code Red Vol. 112Saving Orangutans with the Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program
Assessing the Habitat Quality of Customary Forests for Orangutans
Alejandro Merritt
Andre Ronaldo
March 2022Code Red Vol. 111Production of Liquid Smoke & Organic Fertilizer to Prevent Forest & Land Fires
A Special Visit from Our Research Counterpart
Edi Rahman
Wahyu Susanto
February 2022Code Red Vol. 110 The Inauguration of the 11th Cohort of REBONK Youth Group Volunteers
Building a New Camp at The Rangkong River Research Area
Petrus Kanisius
Ahmad Rizal & Tri Wahyu Susanto
January 2022Code Red Vol. 109 The Yayasan Palung 2022 Annual Meeting on Pulau Juante
The Story of Randha, Cabang Panti's Most Senior Research Assistant
Petrus Kanisius
Randha
December 2021Code Red Vol. 108 A 2021 Recap
Our latest orangutan census shows the fruit of 20 years of conservation work
Natalie Robinson
Andrea Johnson
November 2021Code Red Vol. 107Celebrating Orangutan Caring Week 2021
From an Illegal Logger to a Forest
Petrus Kanisius
Herman
October 2021Code Red Vol. 106Becoming a Volunteer at Yayasan Palung
Welcoming Two New Field Research Assistants
Vanessa Ryan Hadi
Jaka & Dika
September 2021Code Red Vol. 105Encounters with Biodiversity in the Padu Banjar Customary Forest
A Rare Interaction Between an Orangutan and Kalimantan Slow Loris
Erik Sulidra & Petrus Kanisius
Suharto
August 2021Code Red Vol. 104Celebrating World Orangutan Day 2021
Beginning Research in the Rangkong Area
Petrus Kanisius and Riduwan
Andre Ronaldo, Rani Ferdianty & Tri Wahyu Susanto
July 2021 Code Red Vol. 103 Devastating Floods and Landslides in Kayong Utara Regency
Studying Orangutan Insect Consumption at Cabang Panti Research Station
Petrus Kanisius
Erina Safitri
June 2021Code Red Vol. 102Assessment of the Governance and Equity of "Banjar Lestari"
Popular Science Books for Your Summer Reading List
Muhammad Isa
Cheryl Knott & Natalie Robinson
May 2021Code Red Vol. 101The 2021 West Bornean Orangutan Caring Scholarship Recipients
My Journey Back to Cabang Panti Research Station
Petrus Kanisius
Ishma Fatiha
April 2021Code Red Vol. 100Earth Day 2021
Guess Who? Orangutan Genetic Identities Tell Us New Stories
Petrus Kanisius
Amy Scott
March 2021Code Red Vol. 99 Customary Forests: Biodiversity Hubs and the Last Home for Wildlife
Using Camera Traps to Study Mammals in Gunung Palung
Erik Sulidra
Rani Ferdianty
February 2021 Code Red Vol. 98 My First Environmental Education Expedition with GPOCP
My Time in the Kalimantan Forest
Dwi Yandhi Febriyanti
Muhamad Alfikri
January 2021 Code Red Vol. 97 Our 2021 Annual Meeting
The WBOCS 'Balek Kampong' Project
Edi Rahman
Petrus Kanisius
December 2020Code Red Vol. 96The Year in Review
Inauguration of the New Cabang Panti Research Station
Natalie Robinson & Cheryl Knott
Edi Rahman, Petrus Kanisius & Cheryl Knott
November 2020Code Red Vol. 95Lessons Learned Over a Decade of Educating the Community
A New Journey During the Pandemic
Mariamah Achmad
Ahmad Rizal
October 2020 Code Red Vol. 94 COVID and Conservation: How we can heal the planet and our health
Threats to orangutans and our efforts to save them: Changes in trends from 2002 until now
Cheryl Knott & Natalie Robinson
Edi Rahman
September 2020Code Red Vol. 93Stories from My Media Trip: Voicing Nature and Planting Trees on Critical Land
My Trip to My Second Home
Petrus Kanisius
Wahyu Susanto
August 2020Code Red Vol. 92Building Community Participation to Conserve Orangutans and Their Forests
Using Drone Imagery to Estimate Orangutan Populations
Edi Rahman
Beth Barrow
July 2020Code Red Vol. 91Insights from Indonesia: The Social Impact of Environmental Conservation
My Daily Life in Another World
Victoria Gehrke
Sumihadi
June 2020Code Red Vol. 90World Rainforest Day - Restoring the World's Rainforests During a Global Pandemic
Pursuing a Master's in Biology & Research Plans at GPNP
Natalie Robinson
Endro Setiawan
May 2020Code Red Vol. 89 Off to University after Three Years as a Field Lab Assistant
Counting Orangutans: Completing our Next and Phenology Survey in GPNP
Muhammad Syainullah
Andre Ronaldo
April 2020Code Red Vol. 88Earth Day 2020
Lasers and Orangutans: Measuring Growth from a Distance
Victoria Gehrke
Ella Brown
March 2020Code Red Vol. 87GPOCP Goes Virtual
#ActLikeAnOrangutan - Practice Social Distancing
Cheryl Knott & Victoria Gehrke
Cheryl Knott
February 2020Code Red Vol. 86Save WILD Orangutans Launch!
Knowledge Exchange from West to East
Cheryl Knott & Tim Laman
Andre Ronaldo
January 2020Code Red Vol. 85Our Disney Conservation Hero
A Year for the Jungle Books
Victoria Gehrke
Tori Bakley
December 2019Code Red Vol. 84Highlights from the Decade
Using Genetics to Determine Orangutan Paternity
Victoria Gehrke
Amy Scott
November 2019Code Red Vol. 83#10YearChallenge
Fruitful Orangutan Seed Dispersal
Victoria Gehrke
Andrea Blackburn
October 2019Code Red Vol. 82Don't Forget the Teachers
From Forest Lab to First Conference
Petrus Kanisius
Rinta Islami
September 2019Code Red Vol. 81Indonesia's Fiery History
Parasite Infection among Orangutans in Gunung Palung
Victoria Gehrke
Natalie Robinson
August 2019Code Red Vol. 80From Farmers to Facilitators: Natural Resource Assessment
Another Chance for Walimah
Petrus Kanisuis
Cheryl Knott
July 2019Code Red Vol. 79One Forest Project Field Course
Historical Data Leads to New Discoveries
Simon Tampubolon
Amy Scott
June 2019Code Red Vol. 78Adventures in Borneo: My Three Years Abroad
Alfred, the rightful King!
Terri Breeden
Muhammad Syainullah
May 2019Code Red Vol. 77The Warmth of London
Fulfilling Her Dreams in Borneo
Wendi Tamariska
Tori Bakley
April 2019Code Red Vol. 76Responsible Waste Management for Earth Day
Visiting Tuanan Research Station
Petrus Kanisius
Sabta Perlari
March 2019Code Red Vol. 75

Conserving Forests using Honey Bees
Back to the Rainforest: A Fruitful Return
Edi Rahman
Erin Kane
February 2019Code Red Vol. 74Jungle paradise for GPOCP's Annual Meeting
Mast in Gunung Palung
Petrus Kanisius
Alys Granados
January 2019Code Red Vol. 73From Loggers to Community Champions through Organic Farming
How Orangutans and Plants Interact
Wendi Tamariska
Andrea Blackburn
December 2018Code Red Vol. 72The Future of Conservation
My Year with the Orangutans and Other Creatures in the Forest
Terri Breeden
Dania Abizaid
November 2018Code Red Vol. 71Orangutan Caring Week Expedition
My Daily Life at Cabang Panti
Simon Tampubolon
Muhammad Syainullah
October 2018Code Red Vol. 70
Eco-tourism in Gunung Palung
From the Lab to the Field
Terri Breeden
Natalie Robinson
September 2018Code Red Vol. 69Teachers Making an Impact
Conflicts, Consorts and Copulations
Haning Pertiwi
Amy Scott
August 2018Code Red Vol. 68Green Paradise
Party in the Mango Trees
Hendri Gunawan
Cheryl Knott
July 2018Code Red Vol. 67Let's Cultivate Fish!
From Malaysia to Indonesia... But Still On Borneo
Petrus Kanisius
Alys Granados
June 2018Code Red Vol. 66From Puppets to Environmental Education
Bringing Field Biology to the Girl Scouts
Ranti Naruri
Cheryl Knott
May 2018Code Red Vol. 65Biodiversity Flourishes in Customary Forests
My Three Years at Cabang Panti
Syahik Nurbani
Sahril Ramadani
April 2018Code Red Vol. 64Earth Day Every Day!
Life as a Botanical Assistant
Terri Breeden
Rinta Islami
March 2018Code Red Vol. 63We Moved... And Other Exciting Activities
Orangutans and Their Games
Terri Breeden
Erin Kane
February 2018Code Red Vol. 62Preserving Travel and Culture for Future Generations
From Diana Monkeys to Orangutans
Terri Breeden
Erin Kane
January 2018Code Red Vol. 61Inspired by ZACC
Meet Dania
Terri Breeden
Dania Abizaid
December 2017Code Red Vol. 60Conservationists of the Future
Satu Pohon (One Tree)
Terri Breeden
Brodie Philip
November 2017Code Red Vol. 59GPOCP Goes to Germany
Drama in the Forest
Mariamah Achmad
Brodie Philip
October 2017Code Red Vol. 58Keeping with Tradition and Caring for the Earth
25 Years of the Gunung Palung Orangutan Project
Wendi Tamariska
Cheryl Knott
September 2017Code Red Vol. 57UNTAN learns about Gunung Palung Opportunities
Bringing Research to the Village
Terri Breeden
Wayhu Susanto
August 2017Code Red Vol. 56Biodiversity in Customary Forests
A Final Forest Farewell...
Syahik Nurbani
Becky Curtis
July 2017Code Red Vol. 55GPOCP Works to Curb Waste Problems
Growing Families of Gunung Palung
Terri Breeden
Becky Curtis
June 2017Code Red Vol. 54 2017 Bornean Orangutan Caring Scholarship Recipients
#RainforestLive at Cabang Panti
Terri Breeden
Brodie Philip
May 2017Code Red Vol. 53 Protecting Forests through Supporting NTFP Artisans
Interning for a Future Career at Cabang Panti
Wendi Tamariska
Muhammad Syainullah
April 2017Code Red Vol. 52Back to Borneo
Agroforestry and its Role in Land Transformation
Brodie Philip
Terri Breeden
March 2017Code Red Vol. 51Out of Office: Field Trip to Lubuk Baji
Staff Visit Cabang Panti for Field Course
February 2017Code Red Vol. 50 With a Little Love and Support, Our Artisans Enjoy Success
GPOCP Collaborates to Fight Fires
January 2017Code Red Vol. 49A Decade of Investigations
Reminiscing Cabang Panti and Gunung Palung National Park
December 2016Code Red Vol. 48 2016 in Review
The Start of a Wild Year
November 2016Code Red Vol. 47It's a Bird... It's a Plane... It's a Drone!
Entwined Lives - The Story Behind the Photo
October 2016Code Red Vol.46Spreading Conservation Awareness Near and Far
Things that Go Bump in the Forest
September 2016Code Red Vol.45A Rainforest Internship
Rivers and Biodiversity Around Gunung Palung National Park
August 2016Code Red Vol. 44Close Encounters with Alfred and Walimah
Getting to Know Our Local Scholars
July 2016Code Red Vol. 43Reflections on Two Years in Ketapang
Appreciating Forest Mega-Flora
June 2016Code RED Vol. 42Shaping a New Conservation Generation
Studying the Gardeners of the Forest
May 2016Code RED Vol. 41All Hands on Deck for Hutan Desa
The Case of the Missing Flanged Males
April 2016Code RED Vol. 40Mapping for Orangutan Conservation
A Sad Day for Walimah
March 2016Code RED Vol. 39Bincang Hijau with GPOCP
The Lives of Orangutans
February 2016Code RED Vol. 38From Environmentally Destructive to Orangutan Friendly
Green is the New Black
January 2016Code RED Vol. 37What Do You Call an Orangutan in Indonesian?
Following the Orangutan Followers
December 2015Code RED Vol. 36Social Surveys for Orangutan Conservation
Food from the Tree Tops
November 2015Code RED Vol. 35#Sandai4Orangutan
Feature: Favorite Orangutan Follow Moments
October 2015Code RED Vol. 34Peatlands, Carbon, and the Climate
Tales of a Cabang Panti Summer
September 2015Code RED Vol. 33Borneo is Burning: Version 2015
Extraordinary Behavior
August 2015Code RED Vol. 32GP30+ Symposium
Cabang Panti Discovered
July 2015Code RED Vol. 31Expedition: Nanga Tayap
The Great Battle of the Artocarpus
June 2015Code RED Vol. 30A Taste of Life at Cabang Panti Research Station
GPOCP Participates in West Kalimantan's Orangutan Regional Meeting
May 2015Code RED Vol. 29How to Get a PhD in the Rainforest
What I'm Reading in Conservation, and a Word About Optimism
April 2015Code RED Vol. 28Orangutans Like to Party!
Crafting for Kalimantan's Future
March 2015Code RED Vol. 27Walimah's Journey: From Newborn to New Mom
Reflections on a Year in Cabang Panti
February 2015Code RED Vol. 26Heart of the Forest, Starring GP Artisans
Wilderness Medical Training for Cabang Panti Staff
January 2015Code RED Vol. 25Forest Conservation By Communities, for Communities
Strengthening Institutional Ties in Indonesia: Gunung Palung and Beyond
December 2014Code RED Vol. 24Operation Orangutan Rescue
The Many Faces of Ficus
November 2014Code RED Vol. 23Orangutan Caring Week
Spotlight: Orangutans of Cabang Panti
October 2014Code RED Vol. 22Community Learning and Conservation
On Primatology and "Real Jobs"
September 2014Code RED Vol. 21World Orangutan Day
Postcards from Borneo: Chasing Orangutans
August 2014Code RED Vol. 20Scholarship Recipients Give Back to Yayasan Palung
Two Years at Cabang Panti: A Reflection
July 2014Code RED Vol. 67Crafting Communities, One Village at a Time
An Intimate Encounter
June 2014Code RED Vol. 18Conserving Forests by Weaving Handicrafts
A Day To Remember
May 2014Code RED Vol. 17Spotlight: Wendy Tamariska
"I'm Leaving on a Jet Plane"
April 2014Code RED Vol. 16New Award and Partnership for GPOCP in Indonesia
A Day in the Life: Cabang Panti
February 2014Code RED Vol. 15Community Support: Orangutan Caring Week 2013
Assistant Spotlight: Rusda
October 2013 Code RED Vol. 14A Day to Reflect: World Orangutan Day 2013
Orangutan Regional Meeting 2013
August 2013Code RED Vol. 13Nature Lover Clubs From All Over Indonesia Visit Gunung Palung National Park
Welcome to Robert Suro Rodriguez
July 2013Code RED Vol. 12Conservation Through Spatial Planning
Kayong Utara Expo: Celebrating the Regency's 6th Anniversary & Expanding Artisan Markets
May 2013 Code RED Vol. 11Environmental Education Activites at SDN 15 Ketapang Elementary
Customary Forest and Community Forest National Meeting
April 2013 Code RED Vol. 10Orangutans are Protected but Not Protected
Non-Timber Forest Products- Generating Local Income and Protecting Forests
March 2013 Code RED Vol. 9Supporting Orangutans Through Silent Art Displays
Forest Reflections
February 2013 Code RED Vol. 8A Classroom with a Twist: Environmental Education in the Forest
Meet Hassan
December 2012 Code RED Vol. 7First National Step to Mitigating Human-Orangutan Conflict
Prosecuting Traders of Illegal Wildlife
November 2012 Code RED Vol. 6First Stepping Stones to a True Forest Life
Meet Hardianto
Spring 2012Orangutan Times Vol. 5Community Portrait: Sebadak Raya Village
Orangutan Caring Scholarships Announced!
Fall 2011Orangutan Times Vol. 4Economies and Ecotourism
Working With Local Authorities: Making Local Conservation a Top Priority
February 2011Orangutan Times Vol. 3Building Character Through Environmental Education
Orangutans Rescued by GPOCP Investigation Team
November 2010Orangutan Times Vol. 2Environmental Education Center Makes Room for More Programs
Helping Children See the Forest for the Trees
August 2010 Orangutan Times Vol. 1Inspiring Tomorrow's Conservationists
Bamboo Training Helps Conserve the Forest