We here at OFI Canada want close out Orangutan Awareness Week with a thank you to those of you who have gone above and beyond to support us this year. It has been a year of great growth and good work for us and we owe it in no small part to all of you […]
OAW 2017- Palm Oil
The main threat to all species of orangutan is the loss of their rainforest home. These primary forests that once covered the almost the entirety of both the islands of Borneo and Sumatra are now virtually gone. They have now been replaced by human development and large scale mono-cropped agriculture. To look at the islands from […]
OAW 2017 – Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas
Welcome to Orangutan Awareness Week 2017! We have dedicated this day to orangutan expert and OFIC’s President, Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas. Dr. Biruté, a Canadian Citizen, immigrated with her family to Canada as a child. She grew up in Toronto and moved across the country in her teens to Vancouver BC. She moved to Los […]
