We celebrate Orangutan Awareness Week to appreciate the orangutans, learn about this amazing species, and remind ourselves and each other why they need our help and protection more than ever. Captivated by stories of palm oil deforestation, orphans, tragic statistics and triumphant rescues, it can sometimes be easy to forget the quiet and deep connections between […]
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 They have now been replaced by human development and large scale mono-cropped agriculture.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 […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- …
- 16
- Next Page »