Saving the Red Age: Wild Orangutan Lives and Conservation

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1700 College Crescent Virginia Beach, VA 23453 United States

Pungo Auditorium - F133

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Monday, April 29, 2024-Wednesday, May 1, 2024

10:00 AM-12:00 PM on Mon

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$15.00

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Wild orangutans are critically endangered in the wild, largely because their rainforest habitats are being lost to industry, human development, and climate change. Conservation efforts to save those orange apes include rescue and rehabilitation, promoting sustainable agriculture, and reducing habitat loss. We will go behind the scenes to introduce these complex apes, their history, and the research and conservation efforts for them.

Dr. Andrea DiGiorgio is a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology, teaching at Princeton University, who studies the wild orangutan diet, habitat use, and conservation. She has lived in the rainforest doing research for over a year, and uses her research with the Philadelphia Zoo, the Orangutan Veterinary Advisory Group, rescue and rehabilitation centers, and others. She was raised in Virginia Beach, is a gratuate of Salem High School and the University of Virginia. She did course work at the University of Hawaii and completed her Ph.D. at Boston University.