"People of the Forest"

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Lowland rain forest, Tanjung Putting National Park, Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. This narrow river channel leads through lush forest to Camp Leakey, research center for Birute Galdikas' studies of orangutans. Relative humidity in these forests must be in the high 90s most of the time when it's not raining. The amount of biodiversity is amazing. These Borneo rain forests are considered to be the oldest in the world, perhaps predating South American forests by millions of years. The only feasible way of getting around here is by boat, following those navigable channels that penetrate into the interior.

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