Orangutan Foundation hosted 53 visiting Indonesian students from Bogor Agricultural University in June.
Students from Bogor Agricultural Univeristy at Pondok Ambung Research Station, Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan. June 2017.
Ashley Leiman OBE, Orangutan Foundation Director, greeted the students at our research station in Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). The students were studying Silviculture. The name comes from the Latin silvi meaning forest and culture as in growing.
Providing opportunities and the facilities for Indonesian students to study tropical forests is not only vital for the future of the country’s forests and people but is for orangutans too. A recent article in the journal Nature Scientific Report stated that ‘Orangutan populations on Borneo have declined at a rate of 25% over the last 10 years’. If we are to truly tackle this problem we have to think long-term. The future of orangutans ultimately rests in the hands of the Indonesian people.
Exchange of gifts with Bogor Agricultural University students. June 2017
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