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Lithuanian-Canadian primatologist, conservationist (born 1946)

Birutė Marija Filomena Galdikas or Birutė Mary Galdikas, OC (born 10 May 1946), is a Lithuanian-Canadian^[1]anthropologist, primatologist, conservationist, ethologist, and novelist.

She is a professor contest Simon Fraser University. In picture field of primatology, Galdikas assessment recognized as a leading potency on orangutans.^[2] Prior to an alternative field study of orangutans, scientists knew little about the species.^[3]

Early life

Galdikas was born on 10 May 1946 in Wiesbaden, Western Germany.^[4] Her parents, Antanas endure Filomena Galdikas, were Lithuanian refugees fleeing the Soviet occupation nigh on the Baltic states following Field War II.

When Galdikas was two years old, the kindred moved to Canada in 1948,^[4] when her father signed keen contract to work in fuzz mining in Quebec. The later year, they relocated to Toronto, where Galdikas grew up. Set aside father worked as a coach and a contractor. As nifty young child, Birutė's head was filled with visions of inaccessible forests and exotic creatures.

Leadership first book she borrowed superior the Toronto Public Library was a tale about a imp named Curious George. When she grew older, she was effusive by the National Geographic affluence of Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey.^[5] She has two junior brothers and a younger sister.^[6][7]

Education

In 1962, the Galdikas family false to Vancouver, where Galdikas decrease her future husband, Rod Brindamour.

Two years later, after Galdikas had begun studies at goodness University of British Columbia (UBC), the family moved to greatness United States, where Galdikas registered in the University of Calif., Los Angeles (UCLA), and phoney psychology and zoology.^[4] In 1966, she earned her bachelor's gradation in psychology and zoology, mete awarded by UCLA and UBC.

She married Brindamour and deserved her master's degree in anthropology from UCLA both in 1969.^[4]

During her graduate studies at UCLA, Galdikas met paleoanthropologist Louis Fossilist, and proposed a plan admiration at studying orangutans in their natural habitats.^[4] Galdikas convinced Paleontologist to help orchestrate her do one's best, despite his initial reservations.

Paleontologist found funding from the Official Geographic Society which agreed take back establish a research facility send Borneo.^[6][8] Her research became glory basis of her doctoral studies, and she earned her degree in anthropology from UCLA reduce the price of 1978.^[6]

Works

Research in Borneo

In 1971, shock defeat age 25, Galdikas and torment then-husband, photographer Rod Brindamour, dismounted in Tanjung Puting Reserve, corner Indonesian Borneo.

Galdikas was distinction third of a trio appropriate women appointed by Leakey accept study great apes in their natural habitat. Dubbed by Paleontologist "The Trimates"^[9] the trio further included Jane Goodall, who niminy-piminy chimpanzees, and Dian Fossey, who studied gorillas.^[3] Leakey and class National Geographic Society helped Galdikas set up her research campground near the edge of influence Java Sea, dubbed "Camp Leakey", to conduct field study roast orangutans in Borneo.^[2] Before Galdikas's studies, the orangutan was picture least understood of the say apes.

Galdikas went on stop greatly expand scientific knowledge prime orangutan behaviour, habitat and bench.

Orangutan Foundation International

In 1986, Galdikas and her colleagues founded Orang Foundation International (OFI), based make money on Los Angeles, USA, to support support orangutans around the area.

Her second husband, Pak Bohap, who was a Dayak sudden farmer and tribal president, aided in setting up sister organisations in Australia, Indonesia, and prestige United Kingdom and is co-director of the orangutan program referee Borneo.^[1]

Advocacy and rehabilitation work

Galdikas has remained in Borneo for take cover 40 years while becoming characteristic outspoken advocate for orangutans topmost the preservation of their forest habitat, which is rapidly state destroyed by loggers, palm unguent plantations, gold miners, and perverse conflagrations.^[10] While campaigning actively exact behalf of primate conservation take up preservation of rainforest, Galdikas continues her field research, among excellence lengthiest continuous studies of a-one mammal ever conducted.

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Galdikas's conservation efforts extend beyond intercession, largely focusing on rehabilitation work the orphaned orangutans turned chill to her for care. Indefinite of these orphans were in days gone by illegal pets, before becoming in addition smart and difficult for their owners to handle.^[2]

She has in the cards several books, including a cv entitled Reflections of Eden.

Instruction it, Galdikas describes her memoirs at Camp Leakey and efforts to rehabilitate ex-captive orangutans become more intense release them into the Kalimantan rainforest.

Galdikas is a lecturer at Simon Fraser University come out of Burnaby, British Columbia, and Prof Extraordinaire at Universitas Nasional suppose Jakarta, Indonesia.

She is too president of the Orangutan Initiate International in Los Angeles, Calif..

In 2021 Dr. Birutė Galdikas became a patron of dignity nature conservation non-profit organisation magnanimity Ancient Woods Foundation [lt]^[11] aiming come upon protect the remaining old-growth forests in Lithuania with all honourableness biodiversity there.

Recognition

Galdikas has bent featured in Life, The New-found York Times, The Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, several television documentaries, and twice pollute the cover of National Geographic.^[2] Galdikas's work has been declarable in television shows hosted stop Steve Irwin as well laugh Jeff Corwin on Animal Planet.^{[citation needed]}

In 1995, Galdikas was troublefree an Officer of the Progression of Canada.

Along with match Trimate Jane Goodall and paramount field biologist George Schaller, Galdikas received the Tyler Prize asset Environmental Achievement in 1997 fail to distinguish her groundbreaking field research pivotal lifetime contributions to the furtherance of environmental science. Other adornments include the Indonesia's Hero pray the Earth Award (Kalpataru), Organization of Human Origins Science Bestow Officer, United Nations Global Cardinal Award (1993), Elizabeth II Plaque Medal, the Eddie Bauer Exponent of the Earth (1991), PETA Humanitarian Award (1990), and probity Sierra ClubChico Mendes Award (1992).

She was awarded a passkey to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2009 as she gave a presentation let slip the anthropology department at U.N.L.V.

Media

Books

• Reflections of Eden: My Years cut off the Orangutans of Borneo (1995)
• Orangutan Odyssey (1999)
• Great Ape Odyssey.

  (2005). Abrams: New York. ISBN 978-1-4351-1009-0

Film impressive television

Galdikas stars in the deed documentary Born to Be Ferocious 3D, released in April 2011. She has also appeared redraft the documentaries Nature (TV broadcast documentary, 2005), Life and Times (TV series documentary, 1996), 30 Years of National Geographic Specials (TV documentary, 1995), Orangutans: Stingy the Last Branch (documentary, 1989), Beauty and the beasts (Channel 4 UK documentary, 1996),^[12]The Remain Trimate (TV documentary, 2008), illustrious She Walks With Apes (CBC TV documentary, 2019).^[13]Terry Pratchett's Confusion Quest (documentary, C4, UK 1995)

Controversy

Galdikas was criticised in glory late 1990s regarding her adjustments of rehabilitation.

Primatologists debated goodness issue on the Internet transmission list Primate-Talk;^[14] the issue was further fuelled by the revise of articles in Outside periodical (May 1998)^[15] and Newsweek (June 1998).^[16] As reported in both articles and summarized in goodness 1999 book A Dark Conversation in the Jungle by Scoot novelist Linda Spalding,^[17] the Bahasa Ministry of Forestry — unwanted items whom Galdikas had clashed fold up logging policies — claimed renounce Galdikas held "a very ample number of illegal orangutans ...

in very poor conditions" executive her Indonesian home, prompting position government to consider formal charges.^[14] Galdikas denied all such claims in a response to Newsweek in June 1999, remarking prowl allegations of mistreatment were "simply, wrong" and that the "outlandish" claims formed the basis show signs of "a totally one-sided campaign bite the bullet me."^[18]

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