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Orangutan Foundation International company history timeline

1986

The Orangutan Foundation International was founded in 1986 by Doctor Birute Galdikas.

1993

1993 Doctor Galdikas’ husband, Pak Bohap bin Jalan, and a former student, Edy Hendras, established the Orangutan Foundation Indonesia on July 4, 1993 in Pangkalan Bun, Kalimantan Tengah (Central Borneo), Indonesia.

1995

1995 Doctor Galdikas Publishes her autobiography, “Reflections of Eden”

1996

1996 Doctor Galdikas serves as senior adviser on orangutans to Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry for the next two years

1997

1997 Julia Roberts visits Tanjung Puting National Park study area and OFI’s facilities to make a documentary entitled “In the Wild”

1997 Massive forest fires burn throughout Borneo due to drought exacerbated by the El Nino weather phenomenon.

2005

In 2005 OFUK became an independent organization with Galdikas as its honorary chairperson.

2011

Recently Doctor Galdikas and a small group of Canadians, including former students and a pioneering orangutan researcher now living in Canada, established Orangutan Foundation Canada (OFC) in Vancouver, B.C. during 2011.

2015

2015 Massive forest fires begin during the dry season lasting for several months.

2018

Subscribe to OFI’s Monthly e-Newsletter (2018)Our monthly e-newsletter 'Eyes on the Forest' gives you an up-close-and-personal look at Orangutan Foundation International's conservation work and alerts you to all the news, stories, events, and photos you won't want to miss.

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