Bat researcher, Matt Struebig, began working at Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting National Park three months ago to conduct a survey of bat species diversity in the park. Matt started doing bat research in 2000 as a volunteer in Sulawesi, Indonesia and trained for a year before he began his own research. He has worked for the Malaysian Bat Conservation Research Unit, has trained students in Myanmar, and received his BSc and MSc in Ecology [...]

Arriving at the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine (OCCQ) facility one morning from Pangkalan Bun by the customary Indonesian transport of an ojek or hired motor scooter, I was surprised to find the clinic very quiet. As I ventured around the building I discovered the veterinarians and assistants all busy on the back lawn with some adolescent orangutans. Dr. Rosa and Dr. Andri explained that Dr. Galdikas was to arrive soon. In anticipation, they were [...]

World Education (WE) was established more than fifty years ago to improve the lives of the disadvantaged through social and economic programs. These programs include agricultural training, environmental education, community development, and integrated literacy. World Education’s international work is designed to contribute to individual growth as well as to community and national development. OFI’s partnership with WE began in October 2003 as part of its Tanjung Puting National Park forest protection program though a grant [...]