25 December 2011
Solaris Paper Pty Ltd, which supplies the Australian market with private label tissue products, is an Australian operated and managed affiliate of Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP), a brand umbrella for paper products manufactured by a number of mills in Indonesia. Things got nasty recently when its tussle with Greenpeace over sourcing of rainforest timber became public.
30 October 2012
By the end of 2015 all palm oil used in central UK Government food and catering services will come from environmentally friendly sources, Environment Minister Richard Benyon announced today.
1 May 2009
A cooking oil that is driving the destruction of the rainforests, displacing native people and threatening the survival of the orangutan is present in dozens of Britain's leading grocery brands, an investigation by The Independent has found.
28th February 2013
Since 2009, companies have announced new oil palm plantation projects in the Congo Basin covering a total area of 1.6 million hectares. Projects currently underway cover 500,000 hectares. A new report by Rainforest Foundation UK warns that vast areas of the Congo Basin forests are potentially threatened by the expansion of oil palm plantations.
UK: Supermarket comes to aid of rainforest with palm oil ban Date Published: November 21, 2007 Source: Guardian Unlimited Sainsburys has announced a ban on an ingredient used in tens of thousands of its products that is blamed for the destruction of...
Your Company can make a difference to the orangutans this Christmas. To order your Corporate Christmas Cards online this year simply visit our unique page at Charity Greeting Cards. or type https://www.orangutans.com.au/409 in your address bar.... View Article
8 October 2009
Wednesday 30th September saw an historic moment in Australia’s fight for sustainable palm oil - a Palm Oil Stakeholder Meeting took place at Woolworths’ head office in Sydney.
28 August 2008
Developed country governments should re-direct biofuel subsidies toward preventing deforestation for a far better climate outcome, a UK think-tank claims. Policy Edge has produced analysis suggesting that doing so would produce far greater savings in greenhouse gas emissions for every dollar spent on climate change mitigation.
Make your Orangutan Awareness Day a success ‘Orange day’ Everyone must have something orange. Wear orange wigs, orange ribbons in your hair, orange socks – the list is endless. Everyone brings something orange to eat –... View Article
Orangutans could be extinct in the wild unless we take urgent action! Would you like to help save them? Your school can join Orang-U-Friends and help BOS to rescue injured and orphaned orangutans and teach them... View Article
Have you ever thought about the legacy you are leaving behind? Perhaps you have considered preserving the future for orangutans by leaving a gift in your Will? Making a bequest to Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Australia... View Article
26 January 2010
Project to create sustainable palm oil project undermined by Western firms
2 May 2009
It's an invisible ingredient, really, palm oil. You won't find it listed on your margarine, your bread, your biscuits or your KitKat. It's there though, under "vegetable oil". And its impact, 7,000 miles away, is very visible indeed.
16 September 2014
The orangutan population is disappearing more quickly than you could probably read this sentence.
28 October 2009
Insiders say international initiative to set environmental standards for palm oil production is 'on brink of collapse'
2 January 2009
A comprehensive article in this month's Scientific American by Jane Braxton Little traces Willie Smits's project to restore the rainforest at Samboja Lestari, the "everlasting forest".
4 July 2008
Endangered wild orangutan (Pongo spp.) populations are declining more sharply in Sumatra and Borneo than previously estimated, according to new findings published this month by Great Ape Trust of Iowa scientist Dr. Serge Wich and other orangutan conservation experts in Oryx – The International Journal of Conservation.
Please watch this short video for a brief outline of our achievements for 2019 in the rescue release and rehabilitation of Orangutans under our care in Borneo. Thank you for your support.
Nyaru Menteng Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre now has a new wastewater treatment system that treats the dirty water from washing down orang-utan enclosures, from the clinic, from the kitchen, and from hand washing and some toilet facilities.
The new system was implemented from funding provided by BOS Australia and with the help of Nik Hyde (Nik Hyde Plumbing – Australia), Keith Bolton and Jayson Winmill (Ecoteam – Australia).
16 September 2008
Lead author, Emily Fitzherbert from the Zoological Society of London and University of East Anglia said: "There has been much debate over the role of palm oil production in tropical deforestation and its impacts on biodiversity. We wanted to put the discussion on a firm scientific footing."
19-22 June 2014
Come and visit us at stall C21 at the Mind Body & Spirit Festival, Sydney Showground, Sydney
Olympic Park. Half price online ticket offer
We have planned two exclusive online events for you – exciting opportunities you don’t want to miss. On Thursday, 19 August, 18:00 AEST, we would like to celebrate International Orangutan Day with you. Join us for our three-hour... View Article
28 October 2008
A middle-aged man sat on a chair in his pet shop at an animal market in East Jakarta, waiting for his customers. He sells many kinds of birds, snakes, turtles, cats, dogs and monkeys.
Online fundraising -- secure and instant. BOS Australia has teamed with mycause to make the fundraising process simple and fun.
14 August 2008
The Eco Products Fund, LP, a private equity fund jointly managed by New Forests Inc. of Washington, D.C. and Equator Environmental, LLC of New York City, and the Government of Sabah in Malaysia today launched the Malua Wildlife Habitat Conservation Bank (Malua BioBank, www.maluabiobank.com), a first-of-its-kind business model for rainforest conservation.
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27 November 2009
A report on how palm oil is destroying virgin rainforest and threatening the survival of the endangered orang utans, among others, in Malaysia and Indonesia was awarded the 'Environment Story of the Year' by Foreign Press Association's Media Awards.
26 April 2009
A battle has broken out between conservationists over attempts to save the orang-utan. The groups are divided over the issue of reintroducing to the wild orphaned animals that are now living in refuges in Borneo and Sumatra.
It has been almost nine months since the BOS Foundation closed its rehabilitation centres to visitors, volunteers, and researchers to help curb the spread of COVID-19. Throughout this uncertain time, we have remained fully committed to... View Article
These policies pertain to Australian purchases only. Unopened or defective merchandise may be returned to BOS Australia within 90 days of original purchase date. BOS Australia requires valid identification when processing all returns and exchanges without... View Article
Orang-U-Friends fundraising ideas It doesn’t have to be expensive to be an Orang-U-Friendbut it must be lots of fun!! Here are some ideas to help raise funds for orangutans by being an Orang-U-Friend for as little... View Article
This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of the orangutan
November 2014-December 2014
Project Orang-utan – The Exhibition (at Berrima and Sydney), by Jessica Warwick, is a Fundraising Art Exhibition featuring artists from Australia wide with the intention to raise awareness and to raise much needed funding for the International Animal Rescue Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre in Ketapang, Indonesian Borneo.
7 October 2008
Malaysian palm oil exported for use in food, biofuels and cosmetics is far from 'green' - contrary to claims by Malaysian palm oil producers - shows the new report "Malaysian Palm Oil: Green Gold or Green Wash?" released today (October 7) by Friends of the Earth groups.
