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 They have now been replaced by human development and large scale mono-cropped agriculture.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 […]
Orangutan Awareness Week 2017
In 1996 OFI instituted Orangutan Awareness Week (OAW) to honour the establishment of Camp Leakey during the first week of November in 1971. In fact Dr. Galdikas first arrived at Camp Leakey on November 5th! OFI Canada will be celebrating Orangutan Awareness Week this year by spreading awareness of orangutans, rainforests, the history and work […]
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