The Gold Miners Up the Sekonyer River
At the time, I was coordinating a group of volunteers working in and around Camp Leakey. The job involved organizing supplies, arranging transportation, keeping snakes out of the team house and trying to keep…
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Why I Built the Orangutan Conservation Initiative
I have thought about making my own orangutan website for a long time. It was one of those thoughts I kept coming…
Growing Up Around Camp Leakey
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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