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Saving Borneo’s orangutans from the air
The hum of blades rotating at high speed breaks the usual symphony of animal sounds in the Sabah rainforest on the Malaysian side of the island of Borneo. It is dawn in the jungle and the dense haze, heat and humidity are suffocating. Sweat beads the forehead of Sol Milne, a researcher and drone pilot who, with a slight push, gets the device to rise quickly above the lush forest canopy. The noise disturbs the tranquility of the jungle’s inhabitants, among them orangutans, the “men of the forest.” Jealously guarding their privacy, they camouflage themselves in the thick foliage. But researchers from HUTAN, a local conservation organization, have not come to capture images of these large primates in situ, but rather to follow in their footsteps.
They comb the terrain from the air, sometimes using thermal cameras, to find evidence of the presence of orangutans in the fragmented forest, which has been carved up by deforestation and human activit
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Announcing the Explorers Club Awardees
Since , The Explorers Club has recognized the world&#;s greatest explorers with exploration&#;s highest honors.
Greely, Amundsen, Nansen — Piccard, Armstrong, Heyerdahl — Goodall, Leakey, Hillary & Norgay — Roosevelt, Sullivan, Walsh — the history of this Club is written in the legacy of the giants whom we celebrate.
We are proud to announce this newest class of awardees, formally honor their place in the history of human exploration, and celebrate them at our st Annual Dinner &#; April 26,
Biruté Mary Galdikas, Ph.D. is the world’s foremost authority on orangutans and is an internationally recognized scientist, conservationist, and educator. She is the President and Founder of Orangutan Foundation International (OFI), Full Professor at Simon Fraser University, and Professor Extraordinaire at Indonesia’s Universitas Nasional. For over half a century, Biruté has dedicated her life to promoting the protection of orangutans
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