Press Coverage

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GPOCP is often in the news for our orangutan conservation and research efforts. Below is a selection of our English-language media coverage. We also publish several articles a month in Indonesian media, including local newspapers and Mongabay Indonesia. Nature Human Behavior: Proto-consonants were information-dense via identical bioacoustic tags to proto-vowels (2017 Yayasan Palung (GPOCP) Documentary: Saving the People to Save the Forest, by Rob Little (Bates College class of 2012) Orang Utan Republik Foundation: Sixteen students from Borneo and Sumatra receive Orangutan Caring Scholarships Woodland Park Zoo Blog: The story of Pelansi’s rescue, a wild, male orangutan injured by a snare that trapped him for 10 days. Read about his story, the amazing rescue, and the work being done to address these conditions. (August 2012) GPOCP Partners for Wildlife Profile on Woodland Park Zoo’s website International Animal Rescue News: Ujil the orangutan remains in captivity after rescue mission fails. (February 2012). 2013 Bornean Orangutan Caring Scholarship Recipients BU Today: Hormone Hunter. (Fall 2011) The Jakarta Post: Orangutan habitats decreasing every year. (September 2011) Scotland on Sunday: Birds’ nest threat coming home to roost. (July 2011) The Jakarta Post: For orangutans, less food means lowered fertility. (July 2011) National Geographic Weekend: Interview with GPOCP President Cheryl Knott about the lives of female orangutans. (November 2010) International Animal Rescue News: Help comes too late for a savagely beaten orangutan found on an oil palm plantation in Borneo. (June 2010) National Geographic News: Orangutan habitat may be gone in 15 years, UN says (February 2007) National Geographic News: Wild orangutans extinct by 2023? (March 2004) National Geographic Field Dispatch: Borneo featuring Q&A with Cheryl Knott Harvard Gazette: Blocking the road to extinction (October 2003)

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