−Save the orangutans−

 MOF (The Man of the Rain Forest) was established to further promote and reinforce activities for protection of the endangered orangutans and their field of habitat.

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《 MOF’s background of establishment 》

Kutai National Park, located on the Kalimantan Island, Indonesia is one of the most famous lowland tropical rainforests where remaining wild orangutans in equatorial forests live. Since the 1930’s, it has been one of the two long-term protected forests, being designated as a protected area in Indonesia. At the same time, this is a repository of subsurface energy resource such as oil, coal and liquefied gas. Demands of energy resource-using countries not only stir up supplying countries’ enthusiasm for the acquisition of foreign currency but possess the power to disable natural resilience in that field.

In this Kutai National Park, there is a Japanese individual who tackles protection and conservation activities of wild orangutans and their habitat of tropical rainforests. His name is Dr. Akira Suzuki, a leading researcher of orangutan. Field-based policy, a long-term approach, and local participation as his three pillars, he built a base of operations “Camp Kakap“ in the field of research. For the last 25 years, he has been continuing his efforts with local people to research wild orangutans and to conserve their tropical rainforest habitat.

“Unless we take action right now, it’ll be too late.” To answer this urgent cry, we formed MOF. We agree with Dr.Suzuki’s ideologies and visions which put importance on protection and conservation measures’ proposal based on researcher expertise, detailed field-based policy toward the realization of those measures, and local people collaboration. MOF will make efforts to enhance activities in the field.


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MOF office
8-23 Tomii building 2F, Sumiyoshi-cho, Shinjyuku-Ku Tokyo, Japan 162-0065
TEL: +81-3-5386-0170 FAX: +81-3-3353-8521
E-MAIL:mof.orangutan@gmail.com

 

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