By Edi Rahman, Field Director GPOCP/Yayasan Palung consists of 5 major programs: (1) Research (2) Environmental Education (3) Animal Protection (4) Sustainable Livelihoods and (5) Village Forests. All these programs have the ultimate goal of supporting the conservation of orangutans and their habitat in Ketapang and North Kayong Districts as well as in Gunung Palung […]
By Riduwan, Environmental Education Field Officer Yayasan Palung/GPOCP hosts a variety of field trip activities in the Gunung Palung National Park area and one of our favorite locations for this is the Lubuk Baji Environmental Education camp. This beautiful camp site and structure were built by Yayasan Palung/GPOCP in 2005 as an overnight environmental field […]
By Edi Rahman, Field Director Every November there is a very exciting week for all of us to invite the community to protect and preserve orangutans and their habitat. This event is Orangutan Caring Week, known in Indonesia as Pekan Peduli Orangutan, was November 12-18th this year. We commemorated Orangutan Caring Week in 3 of […]
By Cassie Freund, Program Director On June 26th, GPOCP awarded six new Bornean Orangutan Caring Scholarships, bringing the total number of young conservationists that we support to an impressive 19 students. This program, known in Indonesia as the BOCS, is a university scholarship program funded by the Orang Utan Republik Foundation and Orangutan Outreach. GPOCP […]
