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LP Jenkins Memorial Fellowship Awarded to Oktaviana Sawitri for 2026 - Environmental News Jul 2026

Posted 31 Jul 2026 in Environmental News , OURF News

The Orang Utan Republik Foundation is pleased to announce that Oktaviana Sawitri has been selected as the 2026 recipient of ...

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New Study Reveals a Troubling Decline in Sumatra’s Orangutans - Environmental News Jul 2026

Posted 29 Jul 2026 in Environmental News , Orangutan News

A comprehensive population assessment estimates that Sumatran orangutan numbers have fallen by nearly 20 percent, showing that protecting forests alone ...

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Meet Indonesia’s Future Conservationists: - OURF Blog Jul 2026

Posted 14 Jul 2026 in OURF Blog , OURF News

A conversation with the recipients of OURF’s Orangutan Caring Scholarships - by Liam Hughes, Yale University intern with Orang Utan ...

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We Walked the Same Forest - Remembering Biruté - OURF Blog Mar 2026

Posted 26 Mar 2026 in OURF Blog , OURF News

It is with deep and personal reflection and a sense of profound history that I share the passing ...

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Orangutans at a Crossroads: New Threats, Hard Lessons, and Reasons for Hope in 2026 - Environmental News Mar 2026

Posted 23 Mar 2026 in Environmental News , Orangutan News , OURF News

Across the rainforests of Indonesia, orangutans—our closest arboreal relatives—are once again at a critical juncture. Recent news from Sumatra and ...

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A Species on the Brink: How Sumatra’s Floods Threaten the Tapanuli Orangutan - Environmental News Dec 2025

Posted 14 Dec 2025 in Environmental News , Orangutan News

Sumatra, Indonesia — December 2025

In the steep rainforest hills of Indonesia’s

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Come to Indonesia with me! June 2026 --- Book Now! - OURF News Dec 2025

Posted 01 Dec 2025 in OURF News , Youth Ambassador Forum

In October 2022, I visited the Indonesian rainforest for the first time. On this journey, Garry Sundin of Orangutan Odysseys ...

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Severe Flooding Paralyzes North Sumatra and Aceh: OURF Launches Emergency Relief Appeal - Environmental News Nov 2025

Posted 30 Nov 2025 in Environmental News , OURF News

DONATIONS STILL BEING ACCEPTED

Late November 2025 will be remembered as one of ...

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Hope in the Canopy: How the Orang Utan Republik Foundation Turns Optimism into Action - Environmental News Oct 2025

Posted 08 Oct 2025 in Environmental News , Orangutan News , OURF News

In the early 2000s, when the forests of Sumatra and Borneo echoed less with the long calls of wild orangutans ...

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Nature Needs Half: A Bold Path to Safeguard the Bornean Orangutan - Environmental News Sep 2025

Posted 10 Sep 2025 in Environmental News , Orangutan News

A Forest in Peril—and a Species on the Brink

The Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, once thrived ...

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