Tanjung Puting National Park: Reforestation Program
Indonesia
Tanjung Puting National Park has been called “The Orangutan Capital of the World”. It’s one of the few places on earth where travelers can see orangutans in the wild. Palm oil plantations, forest fires, and illegal logging are among the top threats to the park, the largest and most diverse coastal tropical heath and peat swamp forest in Borneo island.
Standing up against deforestation
The Reforestation Program
The program has taken on the enormous task of reforesting the areas in the National Park that were lost in the devastating fires of 2015. If we want orangutans to have a future, we have to do more than stop the bleeding. We must start the healing. Besides protecting existing rainforests, replanting and replenishing burned forests is necessary to help Bornean orangutans escape extinction. OFI has designated a ten-year timeline for planting over 2,000,000 seeds in the National Park. They can grow into large, fecund trees bearing plentiful luscious fruit for orangutans and other wildlife to eat.
“If we want orangutans to have a future, we have to do more than stop the bleeding. We must start the healing.”
Dr. Biruté Mary Galdikas, OFI President"Orangutans are one of our closest living relatives in the animal kingdom. They only live in tropical rainforests where they are major seed dispersers. By dispersing seeds, they help guarantee plant and animal biodiversity in their ecosystem."
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Orangutan Foundation International
Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of wild orangutans and their rainforest habitat. OFI also supports research on orangutans and forests, education initiatives, both local and international, and brings awareness concerning orangutans wherever it can.
