Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program (GPOCP) works to protect endangered wild orangutans living in and around Gunung Palung National Park in Indonesian Borneo from threats posed by human activities. GPOCP encourages environmental stewardship within villages bordering the national park through education and community outreach programs and helps strengthen institutions responsible for enforcing existing poaching and habitat protection laws.
The February 2024 issue of National Geographic magazine, "Borneo's Wild Green Heart" features the incredible biodiversity of Gunung Palung National Park (GPNP), including the wild orangutans that Cheryl Knott has been studying since 1994
Cheryl Knott has been named the Edward P Bass Distinguished Visiting Environmental Scholar at Yale University where she was on leave for the Fall semester of 2022