Orang Utan Republik Foundation

Fifth Annual Pongo Environmental Awards to Honor Environmental Achievement and to Benefit Critically Endangered Orangutans

The Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF) announces that, in its role as the USA chapter of Australia-based The Orangutan Project (TOP), it is disbursing $200,000 to a dozen programs that are racing to protect critically-endangered orangutans on the...

Since 2006, 94 multi-year scholarships in the name of the orangutan have been awarded to Indonesian students in the fields of biology, forestry & veterinary science. Over 50 students have graduated and have become advocates of orangutan conservation.

Annual event raises awareness concerning orangutans and their endangered status as their forest home on Borneo and Sumatra is threatened by agricultural conversion and fires. The theme this year is “Working together toward sustainable solutions."

Orangutans, the only great ape naturally found in the forests of Southeast Asia, face an uncertain future.

Annual celebration of an endangered great ape seeks to build a constituency of support so that the species can be saved from extinction.

Sixth Annual Orangutan Caring Week is an opportunity for people and organizations to raise awareness about the plight of the endangered red ape. Organizations around the world are participating. www.orangutancaringweek.org