Bornean Orangutan photo by KOCP
Our partners at the Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Project (KOCP) are developing a new website focused on their activities. Now, instead of waiting for me to randomly toss out an wild orangutan or elephant update, you can visit them anytime you like at this site: http://www.hutan.org.my/Orangutans.html
The work carried out by KOCP in Sukau marked a landmark in the scope of orang-utan research. It was the first time that orang-utan research was carried out in secondary (that had been previously logged or disturbed) forest. The conventional thinking among primatologists studying orang-utan in the wild was that they could only live and survive in primarily (un-logged or disturbed) forest.
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