Orangutan: From illegal trade to conservation
28 October 2008
Nine-year-old Yuni held on tight to her mother's hand as a large orangutan approached an enclosure window of the Smutzer Primate Center in Ragunan Zoo, South Jakarta.
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The gift of a second chance
It’s almost Christmas, and if you are still looking for a unique gift, sit back, relax – and browse through our shop. Check out our instant gifts, adopt an orangutan, or donate directly. Every gift you... View Article
HOW TO MAKE BABY ORANGUTANS 101
All living things, including orangutans, have the drive to meet their biological needs: water, oxygen, food, shelter – and the opportunity to reproduce. When it comes to wild orangutans, who live a semi-solitary life, the reproduction... View Article
Don’t hurt my baby!
27 January 2012
As bounty hunters with bush knives entrapped them in a circle and moved in for the kill, the only thing this mother orang-utan could think to do was to wrap a giant protective arm around her daughter.
Palm oil agreement could lead to logging moratorium
5 November 2008
The view that the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is merely a way of making companies appear politically correct without making difference to de-forestation could be about to change if agreement on an important new resolution is reached.
Volunteer opportunities in Australia
In Australia BOS is always looking for people with all sorts of skills to be involved in our committee work, fund raising activities, website maintenance, education, public relations and marketing. BOS is only as strong as... View Article
Palm Oil Labelling Set-back
15 June 2008
A WILDLIFE campaigners' bid to force food manufacturers to list palm oil on product labels has been rejected by federal authorities.
Rescued orangutans face new test of survival
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.
Samboja Lestari 6th orangutan release
1 September 2015
In commemoration of the International Orangutan Day on 19th August, BOS Foundation will release another 5 orangutans from Samboja Lestari to Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan. Here are their profiles
Three orangutans are ready for release
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
Palm oil report reveals saints and sinners in Aussie companies
22 November 2011
AUSTRALIAN companies are making progress in promoting the sale of sustainable palm oil but more needs to be done, a survey has found.
Onward with oil palm, but in due balance
16 April 2009
Over the last 40 years, global oil palm cultivation has increased exponentially, with 43 percent of the total cultivated oil palm crop currently produced in Indonesia. This inception of palm oil as a valuable commodity, particularly as biofuel, has dramatically accelerated deforestation in Borneo, with only a third of the original forest cover expected to remain by 2020.
Keke (ke)
Keke (ke) A little about Keke (ke) Keke arrived together with Koko on the 01 july 2002. She had been Kokos friend and comfort at the lab where they were held. Keke is 100 blind. Whether blind from birth or perhaps from being damaged during her mothers...
Biofuel boom endangers orangutan habitat
20 October 2008
Palm oil plantations are encroaching on rain forest reserves on the Indonesia island of Borneo, where the endangered primates live.
Celebrity Ambassador announcement
4 June 2013
Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Australia announces new celebrity ambassador partnerships. BOS Australia is proud to align with such passionate media personalities, in their quest to help the plight of the orangutans.
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.
Free Dilla
We have great news: Orangutan Jungle School star Dilla, together with her female friends Mawas and Jeliva, has been released on the Badak Kecil Orangutan Sanctuary Island! We are delighted to report the safe and successful... View Article
Orangutan under threat
20 September 2009
In Central Kalimantan, the hunters and poachers have the blood of orang utan on their hands. The forests that are home to these animals are also being cleared at an alarming rate in the name of development. A rehabilitation centre offers some measure of hope, writes Amy Chew.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
