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Sumatra and to monitor and deter illegal logging in two regions. This project contributes to the long term conservation of the largest remaining lowland rainforest block in Sumatra. In 2006, TOP won an additional $ 92,000 from the RNHP to extend the work of the orangutan protection units to better protect the Bukit Tigapuluh mega fauna, including the Sumatran elephant and tiger, through training, monitoring and surveillance activities. AOP also was awarded funds of A$ 207,500 to undertake a survey of wildlife in Borneo's forests in Malua/Segama. This includes surveys of the Ulu Segama reserve to establish wildlife baseline data and the development of a Forest Management Plan with particular focus on orangutan populations.
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and protect released animals, and local community awareness initiatives. In 2005, the organisation received over $ 62,000 from the Australian Government's Regional Natural Heritage Program (RNHP) to develop and implement two orangutan protection units in the Bukit Tigapuluh National Park region in
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and the preservation and rehabilitation of their forest habitats, which are primarily located in Indonesia. It undertakes this work by supporting a range of other organisations working in the field, such as the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS), the Orangutan Foundation International,
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Donations from the public, funds from community events, AOP membership fees, orphan orangutan 'adoptions' and grants from various sources are used to support orangutan care centres, natural forest rehabilitation, forest patrols to eliminate
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was published by the University of Western Australia in 2003. He recently published an autobiography titled "Orangutans, My Cousins, My Friends. Leif has been involved with numerous projects and field trips to
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The Orangutan Project's founder and current President is Leif Cocks. Leif has been working with orangutans for over 30 years. Leif has been awarded a Master of Science from
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is a non-profit registered Australian environmental organisation established in 1998, which raises funds to support the conservation and protection of
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Australian Department of the Environment and Water Resources.
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Australian Department of the Environment and Water Resources.
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founded by Dr Birute Galdikas and the Orangutan Foundation.
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Australian Orangutan Project
references
inline citations
improve
introducing
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orangutans
illegal logging
Curtin University
Sumatra
Borneo
"Tax Deductible Organisations (Register of Environmental Organisations)"
Archived
Wayback Machine
"Conserving Critical Habitat"
the original
"Regional Natural Heritage Programme: Projects 2004-2005"
the original
"RNHP Projects for 2006-07"
the original
"News from Bukit Tigapuluh"
Archived
Wayback Machine
"RNHP Projects for 2004–05"
"RNHP Projects for 2006–07"
ISBN
1-876268-80-8
"Media release: Australian born orang-utan to swing back into Indonesian national park"
Australian Orangutan Project
The Orangutan Foundation

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