Landing page for flyer link for Female Health and Sexuality Study, Princeton Univeristy IRB Protocol #18429

First attempts at creating a model for predicting behaviors of wild orangutans in response to novel human presence during the process of habituation.

This project consists of an initial review, cleaning, and analysis of data an interview-based social survey given by Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Project (GPOCP) and its community conservation branch, Yayasan Palung (YP) located in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. These organizations have been involved in orangutan research and conservation work with local communities for several decades, including conservation education, sustainable livelihood programs, and legal assistance for ancestral land ownership (customary forests). This specific project consisted of carrying out interview-based surveys with both closed- and open-ended questions to gain insight into local knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors regarding orangutans, land use, conservation activities, and possibly harmful and/or illegal activities (e.g. illegal hunting or orangutans or other protected animals). The goal of the survey was to assess overall ecological and conservation knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of local people who live near the borders of Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP), where GPOCP conducts its long-term wild orangutan research, based at Cabang Panti Research Station. Many of these communities are ones in which GPOCP and YP have worked for years, including conservation education presentations and sustainable livelihoods programs.