The Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program

A one year old Bornean orangutan with its mother. (photo by Tim Laman)
A one year old Bornean orangutan with its mother. (photo by Tim Laman)
 
One of the projects that OC helps to support is the Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program. The program was established by orangutan researcher, Dr. Cheryl Knott in 1992, and is now in its 22nd year. GPOCP represents one of the longest running studies of wild orangutans in existence.
 
Learn more about this and all of the projects that the Orangutan Conservancy helps on our Projects page.
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