YAYORIN (Yayasan Orangutan Indonesia)
Mission statement
The organisation’s vision is to preserve the forest to welfare the people for its present and future generations.
Yayorin (Yayasan Orangutan Indonesia) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) that was established on July 4, 1991 in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan (Indonesia). The organization’s vision is to preserve the forest to welfare the people for its present and future generations by focusing on research, education and conservation of orangutans, other wildlife, and its habitat in tropical rainforest.
ASAP Partner since: 2021
Country focus: Indonesia
Earlier this year, a significant breakthrough was made in one of the projects funded by ASAP’s Species Conservation Fund. After a long search, the dedicated team rediscovered the very first specimen of an Mesilau Stream Toad, thought to have been lost to science.