The Tuanan Team and orangutan conservation community mourn the loss of our staff member and dear friend, Awan. Awan started as a research assistant working with Dr. Meredith Bastian in 2005 as part of the Sungai Lading Tuanan culture project. After the project ended, Awan joined the Tuanan research team in 2008 and has worked … More Awan, Rest in Peace Our Friend
The team at Tuanan and CORE Borneo celebrates orangutans today and wanted to share some pictures and news from our recent surveys in the forest. While we are not currently collecting data on orangutans due to COVID, our amazing orangutan research team has continued to conduct surveys in the forest. We are following very strict … More August 19th is International #OrangutanDay
During this global COVID outbreak, our Tuanan team remains safe and the spread of the virus has not reached our local villages. To protect the orangutans in the Tuanan research area, we have stopped conducting full-day follows of the orangutans, as recent studies have shown that great apes, including orangutans, are vulnerable to the disease … More Tuanan, Research, and COVID
Check out this great video recently made by the talented Nicolette (Nicole) Wackerly. Nicole completed a MA and MS at Iowa State University where she worked with Dr. Jill Pruetz on the Fongoli Chimpanzee Project. She is now following her passion and is a MFA Student in Film and Media Arts at American University. Here … More Sparking Salvation – a short documentary featuring CORE director Dr. Erin Vogel
Funding Goal: $55,166 — Amount Raised: $39,215 (updated 10/06/2019) Click “here” for the full budget and to see how your donations will help Thank you for your support for our fire efforts at the Tuanan Orangutan Research Station in Central Kalimantan Indonesia on the island of Borneo. We have conducted long-term research (see here https://coreborneo.com/research/) … More Peatland fires in Tuanan are still burning – We Need Your Support!!! **UPDATE** October 6, 2019
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