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        "msgid": "forestry-minister-birute-galdikas-a-key-figure-in-global-orangutan-conservation-1774450284",
        "date": "2026-03-25 20:53:46",
        "title": "Forestry Minister: Birute Galdikas a Key Figure in Global Orangutan Conservation",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Anthropology",
        "summary": "Indonesia's Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni has expressed profound condolences on the passing of renowned anthropologist and primatologist Prof. Dr. Birute Mary Galdikas at age 79, hailing her as a vital contributor to worldwide orangutan conservation efforts. Galdikas dedicated decades to protecting orangutan habitats in Central Kalimantan's Tanjung Puting National Park, leaving an indelible legacy through her research, activism, and the establishment of a wooden research station in the 1970s. Her wish to be buried in Kalimantan near her Dayak husband's grave underscores her deep bond with the region and its people, highlighting her role in advancing environmental preservation and indigenous connections in Indonesia.",
        "content": "<p>Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni remembers Prof.\u00a0Dr.\u00a0Birute Mary\nGaldikas as an important and meritorious figure in global orangutan\nconservation efforts. \u201cOn behalf of the Ministry of Forestry, I extend\nmy deepest condolences on the passing of Mrs Birute. Indonesia has lost\none of its finest daughters who worked tirelessly in silence for decades\nin the remote forests of Central Kalimantan to conserve orangutan\nhabitats,\u201d the Minister stated in Jakarta on Wednesday. The\nanthropologist Birute Galdikas, one of the world\u2019s leading orangutan\nresearchers, was reported to have died at the age of 79. Minister Raja\nAntoni said that, based on a message from Galdikas\u2019s son Fred, the\nanthropologist breathed her last in Los Angeles, United States. \u201cIf\ntoday you see the beautiful and well-preserved Tanjung Puting National\nPark with orangutans that leave you in awe, you will find the unseen\nfootprints and handprints of a woman with a steely heart\u2026 high\ncommitment, besides the old wooden house she built in the early 1970s,\u201d\nhe said. Due to her love for orangutans and the land of Kalimantan,\nBirute Galdikas instructed her son to have her laid to rest in Central\nKalimantan. \u201cFred even conveyed Mrs Birute\u2019s will that if she were to\ndie, she wanted to be buried in Dayak land in Central Kalimantan, close\nto the grave of her husband, a Dayak who had passed away earlier,\u201d said\nthe Minister. Birute Galdikas was a primatologist, environmental\nconservation activist, and author of several books on the threats of\norangutan extinction, particularly Bornean orangutans. She is known as a\nleading figure in modern primate research, especially orangutans, and\nreceived the Kalpataru award from the Indonesian Government for her\nefforts in nature conservation.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/forestry-minister-birute-galdikas-a-key-figure-in-global-orangutan-conservation-1774450284",
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