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Add Power To Our Research
Pondok Ambung, our research station in Tanjung Puting National Park, has been mentioned quite a bit in my blog. In the late 80′s, Pondok Ambung was established as a proboscis monkey research site but...
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A short trip in Tanjung Puting National Park
Last night, before I was side tracked into giving you an update on Zidane (who I saw again today and he is still looking good), I thought this story of a weekend trip to Tanjung Puting National Park...
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Endangered crocodile species kills local man
I am afraid orangutans won’t feature in this post. Unfortunately, I am writing about something rather sombre. On the 31st December a local man was killed and eaten by a large crocodile. A group of...
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Video Clip Featuring Wildlife of Tanjung Puting
Very quickly, if anyone would like to see Tanjung Puting National Park, one of the protected areas in which we work, then a short video clip has been released by a German film company who made a film...
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Forest regeneration at Pondok Ambung – a year after the fires.
About a year ago, almost seven hectares of forest behind the Pondok Ambung Research Station was burnt to the ground (see post Fires in Tanjung Puting National Park). This was attributed to human...
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Butterflies and birds – diversity of life!
The Orangutan Foundation is proud to support Indonesian students conducting research at Pondok Ambung Tropical Forest Research Station in Tanjung Puting National Park, Central Kalimantan, Indonesian...
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The water’s getting lower…
During September (dry season) the Sekonyer river, which flows through Tanjung Puting National Park (Central Kalimantan Indonesian Borneo) was very low. We are also noticing that the low tides, year on...
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Borneo’s beautiful barking deer
It has been a while since we’ve shared our news from the field. Arif, the manager of Pondok Ambung Tropical Forest Research Station situated in Tanjung Puting National Park (Central Kalimantan,...
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Borneo’s biodiversity; the Orangutan Foundation Research site
The new face to the Pangkalan Bun Indonesian office is Pak Arie. As our new manager for Pondok Ambung – Station for Tropical Research. The research site has been vital for many studies since 2005,...
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Wild cats and more! at the Pondok Ambung Research Site
This year the Foundation received a grant from the Rufford Foundation for a Camera Trap Programme at Pondok Ambung. This is an important development, as this research site is within the Tanjung Puting...
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Scientific research grants from the Orangutan Foundation
The first research grant was given back in 1993 and since then we’ve supported projects that have varied widely on the species of Central Kalimantan. Projects have ranged from research into the...
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Adventures in Borneo
This summer I had the unique opportunity to visit Central Kalimantan to see the area in which the Orangutan Foundation operates. I have been interning with the Foundation for 4 months, and I’m familiar...
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An Adventure in the Bornean Rainforest
Long standing supporter, volunteer and 2016 volunteer coordinator, Joanne Cotton, shares her experience of voluntary work in Borneo gained from taking part in the Orangutan Foundation Volunteer...
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The Forest – A Message of Thanks
We have just received a wonderful message from our Research Station Manager, Fembry Arianto. The Orangutan Foundation manages Pondok Ambung Tropical Forest Research Station, which lies within one of...
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#WildlifeWednesday: Tarsiers
The Orangutan Foundation manages a tropical forest research station in Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesian Borneo. Pondok Ambung Research Station is used as a base from which our field staff,...
View ArticleThe Orangutan Foundation’s 5 Programmes in Indonesian Borneo
Watch this short video to learn about our 5 ongoing programmes in Indonesian Borneo: Please help us ensure a future for orangutans, forests and people. To support our work with a donation, please click...
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Research and the Rainforest
Research and the Rainforest To mark #RainforestLive2017, we explore the reasons why rainforest research is so critical to our operations in Indonesian Borneo. We share recent research on individual...
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Indonesia’s future wildlife conservationist
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...
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Wild cats at Pondok Ambung station, Indonesian Borneo
Below are some images taken from camera traps at Pondok Ambung Research Station, Tanjung Puting National Park. In 2017, Orangutan Foundation, awarded three research scholarships to Indonesian students....
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The future of conservation is in our hands
The survival of the critically endangered orangutan and its forest habitat lies in the hands of Indonesia’s youth. Their opinions, decisions and actions will determine its future existence in the wild....
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