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Binti Brindamour

Founder, Orangutan Conservation Initiative

Binti Paul Galdikas Brindamour grew up at Camp Leakey in Indonesian Borneo and later returned to Kalimantan, working with Orangutan Foundation International on orangutan care and field operations. His media work includes a Hallmark–National Geographic production, hosting an episode of the nature documentary series Wild Things on UPN, and the series Raised Human. He served on the board of Orangutan Foundation International Canada before founding the Orangutan Conservation Initiative.

Stories and Updates

Field Stories

July 24, 2026

The Gold Miners Up the Sekonyer River

By Binti Brindamour

Back in 2002, I was at Camp Leakey helping coordinate the volunteers when we got word of an illegal gold-mining operation farther…

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July 23, 2026

Princess

By Binti Brindamour

In 2017, we returned to the rainforests of Kalimantan to search for an orangutan I had known since childhood. Princess was already…

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Birute and Binti in a canoe deep in the forest.

OCI Updates

July 22, 2026

Why I Built the Orangutan Conservation Initiative

By Binti Brindamour

I have thought about making my own orangutan website for a long time. It was one of those thoughts I kept coming…

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Conservation Voices

July 22, 2026

Growing Up Around Camp Leakey

By Binti Brindamour

I was born in Indonesia in 1976. My parents were Biruté Galdikas and Rod Brindamour, the founders of Camp Leakey, the research…

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