2-4 eco adventurers to visit remote jungle in Borneo, spend 6 days travelling along impossible roads, cross raging rivers and pay a small fortune for the privilege.
13 June 2008
The number of orangutans could fall by nearly 50 percent over the next decade due to habitat destruction and human-animal conflicts, according to estimates by the directorate general for forest protection and nature conservation.
In addition to protecting and preserving Bornean orangutans and their habitat, BOS works closely with local communities to help maintain their cultures and traditions. One example of a traditional ceremony we participate in is the naq lom. It... View Article
The Wehea Dayak tribe has lived for generations in the East Kutai area of East Kalimantan, Borneo. Through the Orangutan Habitat Restoration (RHO) program, the BOS Foundation and its partners help the community in Muara Wahau... View Article
Our Post Release Monitoring (PRM) team awoke to a sunny morning as they prepared to undertake a routine patrol in the forest. As usual, they departed from Camp Nles Mamse for the day’s expedition. Yunus and... View Article
Every day our post-release monitoring teams based in the forest work hard to observe and record behavioural data on the orangutans we have reintroduced. Last week, our team at Nles Mamse Camp prepared to head... View Article
Timber products Some 70% of all timber exported from Indonesia is illegally logged. In Australia, it is estimated that 9% of wood imports or $400 million is from illegal sources. (Jaakko Poyry Consulting 2005: Overview of... View Article
13 November 2009
At least another 50 North Sumatra orangutans are being prepared for release into their natural habitat in Indonesia to speed up the multiplication of the big apes, 97 percent of whose DNA are human.
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.
Orangutans must learn and develop their repertoire of survival skills before being released into the wild. Competing with other orangutans over resources is an essential skill they need to master to become independent. However, some individuals... View Article
Orangutans and humans are eerily similar. They share 97 per cent of the same DNA, have unique fingerprints, rely on multi-colour and binocular vision, are pregnant for nine months, curious, playful – and form close social... View Article
20 September 2010
The billions of dollars that Indonesia stands to earn every year in climate-change deals could be at risk if it fails to stamp out corruption in its forestry sector, antigraft authorities warn.
One of the tasks of the Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team involves collecting data on the phenology of natural-occurring plant species in orangutan habitats. While conducting phenological surveys, the BOS rangers occasionally meet orangutans as well. Let’s... View Article
14 February 2011
At 4 PM today the Chairman of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation Board of Trustees, Prof. Dr. Bungaran Saragih, will meet Prof. Dr. Emil Salim, the Chairman of the Presidential Board of Advisors and Kuntoro Mangkusubroto, the Chairman of UKP4 (Presidential Working Unit for Development Monitoring and Control).
31 August 2009
Forest fires are breaking out in the Sabangau forests in Central Kalimantan jeopardising the lives of the estimated 8,000 wild orangutans living there.
When we release orangutans to the Bornean rainforest or a pre-release island, we need to make sure they find enough natural food. Therefore, we not only monitor them and make sure they are healthy and adapting... View Article
2 April 2012
Several multinational companies have vowed to boycott the huge forestry conglomerate, Asia Pulp and Paper, after a public outcry after evidence emerged of illegal logging by APP in Indonesia, that is damaging the habitat of rare animals such as the Sumatran tiger.
On 6 December 2022, the Balikpapan BKSDA received a report from an employee of PT. Balikpapan Wana Lestari (BWL) that an orangutan had visited the workers’ camp and interacted with staff over four consecutive days. According... View Article
July 2009
Separated from land by rivers, the large red orangutans of Samboja Lestari forest park, East Kalimantan, are completely off-limits to humans.
The job of caring for around 120 orangutans and 70 sun bears is a huge challenge – moreover, amid a pandemic. Yet, our veterinary team at the Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in East Kalimantan keeps... View Article
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
As we at BOS Australia are proud to present our upcoming Eyes of the Orangutan screening events in Sydney, Melbourne and Auckland, we would like to introduce you to one of the orangutans who have been directly... View Article
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.
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.
Taymur arrived at our Nyaru Menteng sanctuary at the age of two, in September 2017. As a baby, he was illegally smuggled to Kuwait and kept as a pet. Local authorities discovered him, and the Indonesian... View Article
Nyaru Menteng,Central Kalimantan, March 29, 2012.
After a successful release of four orangutans on February 28 in the Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest, eleven orangutans are now in the final preparation stage to be released in the same region. This release will be conducted on March 30-31.
Mama Tata and Tata (pictured) are two of those about to taste freedom.
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This week Astrid, Monic, Tantri and