Didik Prasetyo, a Ph.D. student of Dr. Erin Vogel, recently inspired two articles on his long-time conservation work in Indonesia:
Rutgers Student on Front Lines of Orangutan Conservation Research
Rutgers student works with orangutan conservation as species continues to decline
For more than a decade, Prasetyo has worked as an integral part of many institutions at the forefront of orangutan research, outreach, and conservation.
His current research aims to address the ecological factors which drive male bimorphism in orangutans; why and how do males become flanged?
However, Prasetyo’s broader research questions and goals reflect those of Dr. Vogel, CORE, and TORP, centering around the increasingly important aspects of orangutan conservation; in addition to the above articles, Prasetyo’s name also appeared as a co-author on a major study published recently in Current Biology, concerning the recent, dramatic population decline in Bornean orangutans.
Read the New York Times article on this important publication: Borneo Lost More Than 100,000 Orangutans From 1999 to 2015
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