25 January 2011
This post was prompted by emails from groups seemingly (at the time, and now confirmed) associated with Asia Pulp and Paper (APP) that made dubious claims about the environmental, social, and economic performance of the pulp and paper industry in Indonesia. Evaluation of these claims has now raised serious questions on APP's commitment to sustainability.
March 2016
Zoos Victoria have produced a guide to help make your Easter buying easy and orangutan friendly.
8 October 2013
Join environmental not-for-profit Sustainable Table and Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Australia at Palace Verona Cinema on Wednesday 30th October, for a screening of multi-award winning documentary Green, and to learn about the complex issue of palm oil production and how we can be part of the solution.
Help R.A.N.G.A celebrate the end of GINGERary at SUMMERGINGE 2014
February 2014
Come and party with R.A.N.G.A and a room full of natural & wannabe rangas whilst raising money for BOS Australia- Summer Ginge 2014
20 August 2011
Laboratory testing of Lazer IT office paper made in Indonesia and sold here by Officeworks reveals it is made up of 84 per cent tropical rainforest fibre, in apparent conflict with the retailer's environment policies.
21 August 2011
A spry 80-year-old cruises through the thick vegetation of western Borneo, or western Kalimantan, as it's known to Indonesians.
Deforestation Links The Prince’s Rainforest Project The PRP has released an online interactive booklet that describes how rainforests are in the front line in the fight against climate change and explains a new form of international... View Article
24 October 2015
Forest fires have severely damaged or cleared large swathes of orangutan habitat across Kalimantan - help us buy emergency fire fighting equipment. SMS the word 'BOSA' to 0467 000 273 to donate.
4 June 2008
Palm oil is everywhere. This globally traded vegetable oil is found in thousands of products you buy off the shelf, including ice cream, chocolate, biscuits, crisps, lipsticks, toothpaste, soap, detergents, cosmetics.
Today, Sunday, 22 August, at 19:00 AEST, you have the one-off chance to view the exclusive online premiere of the documentary ‘Eyes of the Orangutan’ – a captivating exploration of the dark world of modern wildlife... View Article
23 August 2011
An orangutan from Japan is on its way to becoming a Web sensation after a video of the primate washing itself just like a human emerged online.
Forests store an abundance of highly valuable resources to humans, many of which are yet to be discovered. On Juq Kehje Swen Island in East Kalimantan, our monitoring team has stumbled across something that has numerous... View Article
17 June 2011
Footage of an orangutan apparently trying to revive a poorly coot chick has emerged online two years after the video was recorded.
BOS Australia use the SecurePay product ESEC to securely process online credit card payments. SecurePay’s Payment Servers take advantage of Firewall protection and IP restriction, limiting server access only to trusted parties. Transaction data, including customer... View Article
4 April 2014
Zoos Victoria Zoos Victoria has compiled a guide to help you buy orang-utan friendly this Easter.
2 August 2009
A hundred or so orangutans have just returned from a day at "forest school," where they learn to find food, use tools and fear snakes.
30 July 2011
The best way for Malaysia to counter the rising negative sentiment in Australia towards palm oil, says the Australian food industry, is to quickly increase the production of sustainable palm oil.
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
9 July 2008
Rising demand for palm oil will decimate biodiversity unless producers and politicians can work together to preserve as much remaining natural forest as possible, ecologists have warned.
21 January 2010
A study by the government has recommended a moratorium on peatland conversion if the country wants to meet its pledged emission cuts to tackle climate change.
5 September 2013
Greenpeace's recent report into deforestation in Indonesia paints a concerning picture. Over the last few years every daylight hour bulldozers destroyed the equivalent of 200 football fields of forest in Indonesia, with palm oil plantations the biggest driver.
1 Jun 2016
Purchasing a baby orangutan care kit helps us provide the around-the-clock-care that every single orphaned. Just $35 buys one kit. BONUS baby orangutan posters available!!
3 August 2011
Consider it from the businessman’s perspective: It all makes so much sense. The rainforest, vital for people, biodiversity, and global climate, is being cut down to make money.
23 May 2015
In trying to meet the goals specified in the Indonesian Orangutan Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2007), the BOS Foundation with the support of the local community is trying to utilise a small part of Salat Nusa island located in the estuary of Kahayan River as an orangutan conservation area, as well as to protect environmental services rendered by this essential ecosystem.
19 November 2010
As scientists who study tropical forest ecosystems, we would like to commend the Indonesian government for its commitment to tackling deforestation and Norway for the support it is providing to help Indonesia achieve this.
28 January 2009
AUSTRALIA is contributing directly to the widespread destruction of tropical rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia by importing millions of tonnes of taxpayer-subsidised biodiesel made from palm oil.
Where to start when talking about everybody’s darling, Beni? He is the megastar of the award-winning documentary series ‘Orangutan Jungle School’. He has fans all around the globe who follow the daily video posts on his... View Article
9 September 2008
Two Healesville organisations are proving their worth in the fight to save Borneo's orangutans.
10 June 2012
As the public servants of Indonesia's Forestry Ministry stand waiting for the lifts, they are assailed by warnings against graft.
The building of the quarantine enclosures to facilitate the release of orangutans from Nyaru Menteng is a crucial requirement in the orangutan release program, as once the final selection is made of the first 24 individuals to be released, it will be necessary to immediately isolate them from the other orangutans in the program.
With negotiations underway on the land agreement, construction of the enclosures will mark a final and vital preparation stage and determine the timetable for release. BOS Australia has committed to funding a block of ten enclosures at a cost of $150,000.
Please help us return the orangutans to the forest and support this project. To donate click here.
2 February 2009
The word came last spring at a climate change conference here. Unilever, the world's largest buyer of palm oil, would publicly call for a moratorium on deforestation by Indonesian growers of the coveted oil used in food, soaps, detergents, cosmetics and biofuel.
Our concern with palm oil tends to focus on the impact on orangutans, in particular on the destruction of their habitat as the industry expands ever further into the rainforest. However the impacts go beyond this.
Have you ever wondered how our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) Team in East Kalimantan transports all their equipment through the Bornean rainforest? To say the least, it’s challenging. It’s a long journey to reach our two camps... View Article
With our current appeal all proceeds from sales will be sent to our sanctuaries to care for orangutans that will never be free.
Why can’t they be free, you ask… It’s not that we don’t want them to be free, it’s just that they can’t be.
You can help by making a donation, or purchasing a gift certificate:
• for vet care
• for nourishing food
• for transporting babies to and from Forest School, or
• to make their days enriched and stimulating.
Donations and virtual gifts are tax deductible.
