Dr. Galdikas, President of Orangutan Foundation International, is back from Indonesia. Each year she returns to teach a semester at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, where she is a part-time tenured professor.
I spoke with her on the phone today. She mentioned that one of the highlights of her summer was teaching an orangutan workshop at a palm-oil concession. The Indonesian workers were instructed on how to handle orangutans living in and around the palm oil plantation. They also drove three hours to the Orangutan Care Center, where they got to meet baby orangutans, many of whom lost their mothers to the palm oil industry.
This particular palm oil concession lies directly on the disputed eastern border of Tanjung Puting National Park. Dr. Galdikas plans to return in six months to teach another class.
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