Orang( person) Hutan( forest)
These extraordinary people of the forest share 97 per cent of our genes. But as their home is carved up for farmland and roads, they face an uncertain future.
Having earned an MSc in Primate Conservation, Helen Buckland( OS 1999) is on a mission to preserve the wildlife, rainforests and communities of Sumatra.
As CEO of the Sumatran Orangutan Society, she works to protect, connect and rewild the orangutans’ rainforest home, breaking the destructive link between development and deforestation.