23 August 2009
Palm oil is a controversial component of everything from cosmetics to confectionery. Its use has been blamed on the destruction of tropical rainforest and habitat for the Sumatran tiger and orang-utan. Public discontent is growing. Just last week, Cadbury New Zealand announced it had shelved plans to use palm oil in its Dairy Milk chocolate. But oil is not the only product that comes from palm.
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.
16 October 2008
The majestic forests are vanishing in smoke and sawdust, but there's still hope for the island's fabled biodiversity
YOU MADE IT!
This week the funds raised in our 0 to 65 promotion crossed the goal line of $65,000 ($65,185 to be precise)!
Thank you so much again to everyone who has made this possible. It has been a real team effort and shows what great supporters the orangutans have at BOS Australia!
BOS Fundraising Team, August 2010
With the 15th orangutan release in the Kehje Sewen Forest on the horizon, our post-release monitoring (PRM) team in Nles Mamse Camp had many extra tasks to complete. As usual, the team needed to find a... View Article
In the last 20 months alone, BOS Foundation has rescued 27 orangutans, that would have otherwise died or perhaps worse; lived a short life caged as a pet. Since 2012 BOS has released 433 orangutans back... View Article
13 November 2009
Early next year, some 75 orangutans will relocate from a wildlife sanctuary to a remote forest in Central Kalimantan, an Indonesian province on the island of Borneo.
9 September 2009
Idyllic scenes of palm trees swaying in the breeze over sandy beaches have long decorated brochures designed to lure tourists to Indonesia and Malaysia. But few visitors see the giant palm plantations away from the shore.
26 June 2009
As Borneo's rain forests are razed for oil palm plantations, wildlife centers are taking in more and more orphaned orangutans and preparing them for reintroduction into the wild. But the endangered primates now face a new threat — there is not enough habitat where they can be returned.
6 June 2010
Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Australia and its Indonesian counterpart have secured a 112,000 hectare site in Kalimantan, Indonesia for the release of rehabilitated orangutans.
8 December 2010
Can rich nations pay a corruption-riddled government to protect its rainforests?
6 December 2009
It’s the hottest acronym going in the world of climate change. The UN-backed Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation is being touted as both the savior of rain forests and a new natural resource commodity that will bring untold riches to the developing world.
Visiting the orang-utans at the zoo brings us face to face with some of our closest relatives. Moments of connection with these intelligent creatures can be powerfully emotional.
Saving orangutans also means protecting their rainforest homes and fighting climate change. To reduce our carbon footprint, BOS Australia and BOS Switzerland, together with the BOS Foundation, built a new solar system at our Samboja Lestari... View Article
Thanks to your incredibly generous support, we are now breaking ground on a crucial rehabilitation project for a degraded peat swamp forest in Central Kalimantan, Borneo. The area was once part of a failed mega-rice cultivation... View Article
1 June 2014
Enrichment is a vital part of a fulfilling and stimulating life for a captive orangutan. It is essential not only for unreleasable orangutans, but those preparing to return to the wild. Help us to enrich and nurture the lives of the orangutans who are unable to be returned to the wild.
We are currently facing a crisis like no other and during this very trying time our thoughts and condolences go to those that have been affected by the virus. While it feels like there is only time... View Article
28 September 2013
AFTER 17 years of saving orphaned orangutans in Borneo the former air stewardess who gave up everything to protect the animals is now starting to release them back into the wild.
13 December 2010
Close to 90 percent of the world’s orangutans are found in Indonesia. And Kalimantan is their home. Which is why the orangutan is widely known as the island’s flagship species.
We have exciting news to share…three orangutans are ready for release. We will transfer three orangutans to a forested, sanctuary island located in the Salat Island cluster in Central Kalimantan. This is the first attempt to... View Article
Since the 1990s, BOSF has worked to rehabilitate captive orangutans and reintroduce them back into the wild. It now has a total 850 orangutans in rehabilitation — 650 at a facility in Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan, and 200 in Samboja Lestari.
A recent Jakarta Globe article highlights the various stages and challenges of orangutan rehabilitation.
Photo: A baby orangutan at a Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation rehabilitation center in East Kalimantan on Jan. 11. (JG Photo/Fidelis E. Satriastanti)
5 November 2015
The fires have driven the concentration of carbon in the atmosphere to levels not seen in two million years, experts say
In our first release of 2023, the BOS Foundation team recently returned five orangutans to their wild home. It is one of those moments that still give us goosebumps: The second when one of our rehabilitated... View Article
We have not one but two beautiful opportunities for you to support our cause this festive season and spread some cheer for our amazing red cousins. While we are celebrating each successful release, we must not... View Article
In commemorating Indonesia’s 73rd year of independence, and forging on with the #OrangutanFreedom campaign, the BOS Foundation has released another 10 orangutans from the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Center to the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National... View Article
BOS Foundation together with government and private sector partners has officially opened Badak Kecil Island Orangutan Sanctuary, located on one of the islands in the Salat Nusa island cluster, in Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan. The... View Article
12 April 2016
The BOS Foundation Marks International Earth Day With the Release of 12 Orangutans. Since February 2012, the BOS Foundation has released 195 orangutans. This release will bring the total number to 207.
8 June 2016
On May 27, the BOSF Orangutan Reintroduction Program from Samboja Lestari released five orangutans to the Kehje Sewen Forest in the East Kutai and Kutai Kertanegara Regencies of East Kalimantan.
25 August 2010
With a permit already in hand, PT Orangutan Habitat Restoration Indonesia (ROI) is preparing to release orangutans into Borneo jungles after years of being held in rehabilitation centers.
In Australia BOS is always looking for people with all sorts of skills to be involved in our committee work, fundraising activities, website maintenance, education, public relations and marketing. BOS is only as strong as the... View Article
Drum Roll, Please! We are happy to announce the 5th natural birth among released orangutans in the Kehje Sewen Forest and the 21st wild-born baby across all release sites. Female orangutan Signe, released to the forest... View Article
We are still overjoyed that we could return another seven orangutans to their true home in the Bornean rainforest. Back from the long journey, our release team revealed more details, which we can’t wait to share... 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
12 October 2015
A new palm oil plantation in Borneo, Malaysia, is being used by researchers to study ways of retaining endangered wildlife, including the orangutan.
13 February 2015, The Jakarta Globe
With pretty small financial means, conservation has won many such battles. The conservation movement has also been successful to get conservation principles onto the political agendas, into mainstream media, and into public discourse.
19 February 2016
Ecotourism will only help save orangutans if it generates enough income to replace that coming from logging, new research suggests.
