We're a passionate group of people dedicated to saving the orangutan, led by an experienced set of wildlife experts that have been working for over 20 years to protect orangutans. Together our brand, staff, supporters, partners and the community are working to protect orangutans from extinction.
The Orangutan Project was established in 1998 by founder and world-renowned orangutan expert, Leif Cocks, as a result of his 25+ year career working with orangutans - including establishing the most successful breeding colony of orangutans in the world. The Orangutan Project was formed with a key mission; to ensure ... Read more
Founded in 1998 by world-renowned orangutan expert, Leif Cocks, The Orangutan Project has today grown into a multinational non-profit organisation that has contributed over USD$25 million to orangutan conservation projects across Borneo and Sumatra. Read more
Leif Cocks is the founder of The Orangutan Project and has been the president since its inception. He has worked with and campaigned for orangutans for almost 30 years.
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Meet our experienced and passionate Board Members and team of experts who work with staff, supporters, partners and the community to protect the orangutans from extinction.
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A range of organisations sponsor The Orangutan Project through our Business Partner Program. Meet the businesses and organisations who support our work.
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TOP is a non-partisan organisation that collaborates with several orangutan conservation projects, as well as providing habitat protection and land acquisition through its own programs to deter wildlife poaching, illegal logging and land clearing in Indonesia. TOP's philosophy is to work flexibly and tailor what is necessary to get the job done for orangutan conservation and welfare, with TOP's organisations needs always subservient to the best outcome for orangutans.
We lead and sponsor projects on the ground that help protect orangutans and their forest homes.
The Orangutan Project has partnered with FZS and provided vital financial support to the Bukit Tigapuluh (BTP) Landscape Conservation Program since 2008. What began as a small orangutan release program, has now grown into a large-scale conservation program that includes conservation of Critically Endangered ...
The Centre for Orangutan Protection (COP) is a direct-action group of Indonesian people who campaign to bring an urgent end to the destruction of Indonesian rainforest and the killing of orangutans. COP operates numerous teams in the field to run its programs. These teams ...
Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) works to protect some of the most important areas of tropical rainforest and to safeguard the wildlife, environment and indigenous culture in Borneo.