WHO WILL BE NUMBER 500?
While we are preparing for the release of the 500th orangutan, please get to know the lucky ones that will enjoy their well-deserved freedom soon. BEN Ben was born in a clinic at the BOS Foundation’s... View Article
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Will sustainable palm oil transform the market?
30 November 2011
The ambition of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was always to bring sustainable practices to the mainstream.
Pet trade puts orangutans at risk
16 April 2009
The trade in Sumatran orangutans for pets shows little sign of decline and is taking the species to the brink of extinction, a report concludes.
Reno (No)
Reno (No) A little about Reno (No) Reno was brought to Nyaru Menteng together with Cantik on the 11th of April. He had been confiscated some 100 km from Palangka Raya and had only been with the owners for one day. He was approx 2 years old and still...
Urgent action needed over Sumatran peat forest logging
20 October 2008
The Tripa area of peat swamp forest is being logged to make way for new palm oil plantations and the effects will have dire consequences for the people and wildlife that live there.
Coalition’s Orangutan And Rainforest Protection Plan
30 August 2013
Federal Shadow Minister for Climate Action Environment and Heritage, Greg Hunt, Coalition’s Orangutan And Rainforest Protection Plan
Money might just grow on trees
22 June 2008
A new agreement between Australia and Indonesia aims to preserve Indonesia's forests through measuring stored carbon.
Food industry facing fat flak
29 September 2009
Australians' saturated fat consumption remains unacceptably high because of food manufacturers' reliance on cheap imported palm oil.
Orangutans kiss leaves to sound bigger and badder?
5 August 2009
Like Bruce Wayne switching to his Batman voice, orangutans may be going deep to deter predators, and some are even using tools to sound more intimidating, a new study says.
Palm oil threat to Indonesia’s orangutans
27 December 2011
Eight-month-old baby orangutan Elaine would have never survived without her carer Rosa.
Borneo’s moment of truth
16 October 2008
The majestic forests are vanishing in smoke and sawdust, but there's still hope for the island's fabled biodiversity
Orangutan Diary – DVD available now
Get to meet some of the Nyaru Menteng orphans in this rollercoaster ride of emotions.
This superb DVD contains the first series of the hit BBC television documentary and is available from our shop now.
BOS returns 46 orangutans to the wild
6 September 2009
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) has successfully released 46 orangutans back into the wild.
Captive orangutans in Indonesia may be freed
6 March 2011
Their black eyes peer from the slats of wooden cages, hundreds of orangutans orphaned after their mothers were shot or hacked to death for straying out of Indonesia's rapidly disappearing forests in search of food.
Mother of the apes
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.
Human laughter echoes chimp chuckles
6 June 2009
Humans aren't the only ones who like it in the armpit. Our fellow great apes - orangutans, chimps, bonobos and gorillas - also squeal in response to tickling, and new research shows this behavior may be the evolutionary root of human laughter.
‘Green’ power plants may burn palm oil
11 May 2009
The operators of Britain's first "biofuel" power plants are considering burning palm oil, which is blamed for causing rainforest destruction in south-east Asia.
Sumo (Mo)
Sumo (Mo)Sumo (Mo)Sumo was confiscated in Jakarta in september 2001 and was handcarried inside the airplane. He was approximately 6 months old but weighed 6 kilo It was his physical apperance that got him the name, Sumo. The captain had agreed to...
It’s Summer Ginge ’15 time
GINGERary and Summer Ginge '15 is back on 27th February! Its organiser, R.A.N.G.A. (Red and Nearly Ginger Association) exists to represent the interests of ginger primates everywhere and over the years has raised money for one particularly special group, the orangutans.
UK: Supermarket comes to aid of rainforest with palm oil ban
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...
Lone Droscher-Nielsen: Orangutan Genocide
1 May 2009
My biggest wish is that people in the western world could understand what is happening here in Borneo, and how the demand for palm oil is devastating the rainforests and contributing to the extinction of the orangutan.
Update on Our New Rescued Orangutans – Hati, Riana and Ecky
22nd February 2018 You might remember the two female orangutans we recently rescued, Hati and Riana. Hati was rescued from a villager in Tumbang Sanamang, Katingan Hulu, Central Kalimantan, while Riana was rescued from a resident... View Article
9th Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Release
20 April 2014
After successfully releasing four orangutans yesterday, today the BOS Foundation at Nyaru Menteng continued the orangutan release activities by sending eight orangutans into Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest.
Maria Agatha van Noordwijk: Delving deeper into orangutan conservation
4 January 2012
Maria Agatha van Noordwijk raised her eyebrow as she crossed out several Indonesian names on the list of orangutans she and her fellow experts and students studied in conservation projects in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
With the clearing of forests, baby orangutans are marooned
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.
Carmen
Carmen Carmen In a small basket, secured off with a piece of cloth, sits a small infant with big frightened eyes. She is tied around her neck with a thin rope attached to the edge of the basket. The rope is totally unnessesary; she would be too scared...
US and Indonesia link up on forest carbon credits
22 November 2008
California and two other U.S. states signed a pact late on Tuesday with Indonesia's Aceh province that could see forest carbon credits from Aceh accepted into U.S. emissions trading schemes.
Orangutan doctor – Dr David Irons
24 February 2009
WHEN he's in Scotland, GP Dr David Irons runs an accident and emergency unit in Stranraer, but when he's in Borneo his patients are much hairier, and more orange. That's because he's Medical Director of Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS), and at their rehabilitation centre at Nyaru Menteng, he heads a team meeting the medical needs of around 650 orangutans and 200 staff. About 150 of his young, hairy charges are playing around him as we chat.
OBSERVING TOTTI
Once released to the wild, rehabilitated orangutans are monitored closely for a certain period of time by our post-release monitoring (PRM) team, which collects behavioural data during daily observations. Totti, one of the more-recently released orangutans... View Article
Baby orangutan brings hope for habitat protection
20 November 2009
PERTH Zoo's newest addition to the orangutan enclosure made her public debut today as the face of a campaign to help save her species.
Newest rescue is an old face
When orangutans lose their habitat through deforestation, they have to look for food elsewhere. This can cause problems if an orangutan enters a residential area, as happened on 6 June this year. That day, the East... View Article
Singapore chef tries new way to save rain forest
28 November 2011
Singapore-based chef Andre Chiang is on a mission to save a rain forest and he's planning to start by serving what an orangutan eats - wild ferns, orchid leaves and durian flowers, among other plants.
Uphill battle to save the orangutan
26 June 2009
President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono told the World Climate Change Conference in Bali in December 2007: "The key understanding is to save the orang utan. For that, we must save the forest and by that, we are doing our part to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."
Minister defends expansion of oil palm plantations
22 November 2008
Agriculture Minister Anton Apriyantono on Tuesday defended Indonesia’s drive to expand oil palm plantations, despite a demand by environmentalists for a moratorium on deforestation.
Activists, businesses work to save the orangutan
15 July 2010
Why should we protect the orangutan? It is a frequently asked question when lay-people, including businesspeople, discuss the need to protect orangutans, Asia's only great ape, which is greatly endangered.
Three baby orangutans find sanctuary at Nyaru Menteng
22 June 2008
Nyaru Menteng - Borneo Orangutan Survival's rescue and rehabilitation centre in Indonesian Borneo - has recently welcomed the arrival of three young orangutans from West Kalimantan. All three (aged between 2-3 years) were confiscated from private households - victims of the illegal pet trade.
