As kids, we are all little yard monkeys. Running around, having fun, poking in the dirt with sticks to see what’s what, playing games, and exploring our environment. Learning all the time about who we are, and where we fit in. I was a rambunctious red head, and fueled my youthful exuberance with plenty of bananas: Nature’s perfect food. They’re nutritious, delicious, and come in their own easy open, bio-degradable packaging. As red headed li’l [...]

  Visitor's Corner   Adoption, Tanjung Puting, Volunteer, by Mr. Chris.

It may seem strange to think of tropical forests and swamps together… but not to orangutans who call peat swamp forests home. The flooded river networks of Tanjung Puting National Park and Lamandau Reserve are key components of forest ecology. Without them, forests and fruit would be distributed differently, and so would orangutans and other species dependent on these unique ecosystem.

  Science Corner   Hydrology, Peat Swamp Forest, Tanjung Puting, by Leslie Smith.

“GIS – Helping Manage Our World” – The ESRI (Environmental Systems Research Institute) International User Conference (UC) is the biggest GIS (Geographic Information System) event of the year and thousands of people gathered to share their ideas, expertise and practical application of GIS in their organizations. OFI has been successfully utilizing GIS since 2003, the aim being to apply an integrated conservation and development approach to the protection of Tanjung Puting National Park (TPNP) and [...]

  Orangutan   GIS, Tanjung Puting, by Debra Erickson.