Original story posted on Mongabay by Hans Nicholas Jong on 12 March 2019 A major Chinese state-owned bank has promised to evaluate a hydropower project… more…
March 22, 2019 — We have some amazing news from our friends at IAR Ketapang! Last month, during the release of six orangutans into a… more…
Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team March 20, 2019 — At the beginning of March, the BOS Foundation requested help from our global supporters in… more…
An Orangutan Named Hope Was Repeatedly Shot With an Air Rifle. She Was Blinded but Survived. Hope the orangutan was recuperating on Sunday after surgery… more…
Text by: BOS Foundation Communication Team March 19, 2019 — The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation this week has successfully released another six orangutans from… more…
March 11, 2019 Six more lucky orangutans from BOS Nyaru Menteng have been released back into the forest! REHABILITANT Rehabilitant orangutans are those rescued at… more…
Text by: PRM team in Nles Mamse Camp, Kehje Sewen Forest March 19, 2019 — Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Camp Lesik, in the… more…
Text by: PRM team in Nles Mamse Camp, Kehje Sewen Forest FEBRUARY 26, 2019 — Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Nles Mamse Camp, in… more…
Text by: PRM team in Lewun Kahio Monitoring Post, Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park February 18, 2019 — Several weeks ago, our Post-Release Monitoring… more…
Text by: PRM team in Camp Lesik, Kehje Sewen Forest FEBRUARY 14, 2019 — Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Camp Lesik, in the northern… more…
Text by: Andrea Knox, PRM Coordinator at Camp Totat Jalu, Bukit Batikap Protection Forest February 7, 2019 — Growing up wild has its challenges. Luckily,… more…
Text by: PRM team in Nles Mamse Camp, Kehje Sewen Forest FEBRUARY 4, 2019 — Last week, our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Nles Mamse… more…
Text by: PRM team in Nles Mamse Camp, Kehje Sewen Forest January 28, 2019 — Early in the morning, when the sun had just emerged,… more…
Text by: Andrea Knox, PRM team in Totat Jalu Camp, Bukit Batikap Protection Forest January 23, 2019 — As with humans, interactions between orangutans can… more…
Text by: PRM team in Nles Mamse Camp, Kehje Sewen Forest JANUARY 21, 2019 — Monitoring released orangutans in the forest is by no means… more…
Text by: BOS Foundation Communication Team January 18, 2019 — Baby Klaus was rescued by a joint team from the East Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation… more…
Text by: Andrea Knox, PRM team in Totat Jalu Camp, Bukit Batikap Protection Forest January 15, 2019 — Every orangutan birth here in the Bukit… more…
Text by: Andrea Knox, PRM Coordinator at Totat Jalu Camp, Bukit Batikap Protection Forest January 9, 2019 — Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Totat… more…
To all our friends and supporters, we extend our warmest wishes for a peaceful and prosperous New Year! Because of YOUR generosity Orangutan Outreach has… more…
Text by: PRM team in Camp Lesik, Kehje Sewen Forest DECEMBER 19, 2018 — Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Nles Mamse Camp recently set… more…
Text by: BOS Foundation Communication Team December 13, 2018 — Our veterinary team from the Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre recently conducted health checks for… more…
Text by: BOS Foundation Communications December 11, 2018 — To celebrate World Wildlife Conservation Day, which falls annually on 4 December, the BOS Foundation has… more…
Text by: PRM team in Nles Mamse Camp, Kehje Sewen Forest DECEMBER 5, 2018 — On a recent, daily patrol in the Kehje Sewen Forest,… more…
December 4, 2018 — The BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue and Rehabilitation Center will soon return 6 more orangutans to the natural forests of… more…
Text by: BOS Foundation’s Central Kalimantan Orangutan Reintroduction Program Community Development Team November 28, 2018 — Our Community Development (ComDev) team from BOS Foundation’s Central… more…
Text by: PRM team in Camp Nles Mamse, Kehje Sewen Forest 20 November 2018 — Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Camp Nles Mamse recently… more…
Text by: Andrea Knox, PRM team in Totat Jalu Camp, Bukit Batikap Protection Forest November 21, 2018 — Living in Camp Totat Jalu, located in… more…
Text by: BOS Foundation Communication Team November 20, 2018 — Baby Dennis was handed over to the BOS Foundation’s Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre by… more…
PRESS RELEASE from: 1. Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari – Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (YEL-SOCP) 2. Balai Besar Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam Aceh (BBKSDA Aceh, Aceh Provincial… more…
Text by: PRM team in Camp Lesik, Kehje Sewen Forest November 6, 2018 — Due to an intense release schedule in the southern part of… more…
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) together with government and private sector partners, has officially opened Badak Kecil Island Orangutan Sanctuary, located on one of… more…
November 1, 2018 — In the six-and-a-half years since our first orangutan reintroduction in the Bukit Batikap Protection Forest, the majority of our released orangutans… more…
Text by: PRM Team in Nles Mamse Camp, Kehje Sewen Forest 30 October 2018 — The afternoon was beginning to turn dark when our PRM… more…
Text by: PRM team in Nles Mamse Camp, Kehje Sewen Forest October 22, 2018 — It was early in the morning when our PRM (Post-Release… more…
Text by: Lia Kristina, Vet from Nyaru Menteng, in the TNBBBR October 24, 2018 — In September, Pangkuy and her friends – Sisil, and mother-infant… more…
Text by: Andrea Knox, PRM Coordinator at Camp Totat Jalu, Bukit Batikap Protection Forest October 18, 2018 — The jungles of the Bukit Batikap Protection… more…
Text by: PRM team in Camp Nles Mamse, Kehje Sewen Forest October 15, 2018 — One bright morning in the Kehje Sewen Forest, our post-release… more…
Text by: Lia Kristina, Veterinarian from Nyaru Menteng, in the TNBBBR October 10, 2018 — “Ba De Ya, say do you remember… Ba De Ya,… more…
Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team October 4, 2018 — Releasing rehabilitated orangutans back to the forest is not the end of the orangutan conservation… more…
October 2, 2018 — On a cool afternoon in the Kehje Sewen Forest, our post-release monitoring (PRM) team busily monitored Teresa and her baby as… more…
Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team September 28, 2018 — The BOS Foundation this week released four more rehabilitated orangutans to the Bukit Baka Bukit… more…
September 26, 2018 — It was a clear morning when Usup, Lung, Fikar, and Remi – members of our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Nles… more…
Text by: Vivi Dwi Santi, Nyaru Menteng Veterinarian, TNBBBR Forest September 19, 2018 — Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team was recently conducting a routine patrol… more…
September 19, 2018 — Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Camp Nles Mamse in the Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan, has been busy conducting follow-up… more…
September 13, 2018 — Growing up can be hard — especially when the time comes to leave home! For most modern-day humans, this means finding… more…
September 10, 2018 — Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Nles Mamse Camp has been carefully observing the six newest residents of the Kehje Sewen… more…
Text by: Andrea Knox, PRM Coordinator at Camp Totat Jalu, Bukit Batikap Protection Forest September 7, 2018 — Our Post-Release Monitoring team from Camp Totat… more…
Text by: PRM Team in Nles Mamse Camp, Kehje Sewen Forest September 7, 2018 — The Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Nles Mamse Camp in… more…
Text by: BOS Foundation Communications Team August 31, 2018 — On August 28, 2018, the BOS Foundation released six more orangutans from the Samboja Lestari… more…
Text by: BOSF Post Release Monitoring Team in Nles Mamse Camp, Kehje Sewen Forest August 31, 2018 — A few days ago, our PRM team… more…
Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan, August 14, 2018: Following last month’s successful release of 13 orangutans, BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue and Rehabilitation Center will… more…
August 16, 2018 — A few days ago, our PRM team from Camp Lesik in the northern part of the Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan,… more…
In order to show our love for orangutans, International Orangutan Day has been set for August 19th, EVERY YEAR! This day is meant to help… more…
Baby Klaus has been making great progress since his rescue! As soon as he finished his quarantine period he’ll be able to move to baby… more…
Text by: Arga Sawungkusuma from the Bukit Batikap Protected Forest August 8, 2018 — A few weeks ago, our post-release monitoring (PRM) team in Central… more…
Text by: BOS Samboja Post-Release Monitoring Team, Nles Mamse Camp, Kehje Sewen Forest August 6, 2018 — Years spent in a rehabilitation center together can… more…
August 1, 2018 — When watching orangutans in nature documentaries, it is easy to imagine them as graceful rulers of the canopy; to whom climbing… more…
This story originally appeared on July 11, 2018 in the Jakarta Post. Learn more about the Tapanuli orangutans here. They desperately need your support. Please… more…
July 17, 2018 — The #OrangutanFreedom campaign is still going strong, with the BOS Foundation releasing 13 more orangutans to the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya… more…
July 17th 2018 — The BOS Foundation has released another group of orangutans from Nyaru Menteng into the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park Forest… more…
July 17, 2018 — Fires have again ravaged Central Kalimantan’s peat forests, the largest such burning since the devastating forest-fire disaster of 2015. Staff from… more…
July 9, 2018 — Our post-release monitoring (PRM) team in the Kehje Sewen Forest is always excited to welcome newly-released orangutans to their working area.… more…
July 5, 2018 — Being released to the forest after many years of rehabilitation does not signal an end to challenges for orangutans who have… more…
July 3, 2018 — Our post-release monitoring (PRM) team from Nles Mamse Camp, deep in the Kehje Sewen Forest, recently reported the good news that… more…
June 29, 2018 — This week, BOS Foundation worked in cooperation with the East Kalimantan BKSDA to release five more orangutans to the Kehje Sewen… more…
June 29, 2018 — In mid-May, our rescue team from Nyaru Menteng again joined hands with the Central Kalimantan BKSDA to conduct the rescue of… more…
Text by: Andrea Knox, PRM Coordinator in Totat Jalu Camp, Bukit Batikap Protection Forest May 31, 2018 — Every new orangutan birth in the Bukit… more…
Text by: PRM team in Nles Mamse Kamp, Kehje Sewen Forest May 31, 2018 — Our PRM team from Nles Mamse Camp recently set off… more…
Text by: Andrea Knox, PRM team in Totat Jalu Camp, Bukit Batikap Protection Forest May 24, 2018 — Gina is one of 12 orangutans we… more…
The Orangutans Need Your Help! Please make a donation to the BOS Foundation today! Donate to the BOS Foundation via PayPal THANK YOU SO MUCH… more…
May 21, 2018 — The sun was scorching down on our team from Nles Mamse Camp in the Kehje Sewen Forest when they spotted an… more…
May 18, 2018 — Despite peaking in the 1990s, Indonesia’s forests are still being destroyed at a completely unsustainable rate, forcing wild animals – including… more…
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Mother’s Day is the perfect day to celebrate not only human mothers — but orangutan mothers, too! Every year on Mother’s Day Orangutan Outreach teams… more…
May 9, 2018 — As I stand in the jungle observing the orangutan residents of Batikap Conservation Forest, I find myself comparing them to human… more…
May 4, 2018 — The BOS Foundation—in cooperation with their implementing partner company, PT. RHOI, and the East Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA)—has released… more…
Thanks to our friends at Ape Conservation Effort (ACE) for their continued support! Click here to learn more about ACE. Click here to learn more… more…
May 2, 2018 — In February, a female baby orangutan was rescued from the village of Tumbang Sanamang, Katingan Hulu Regency, by a joint team… more…
May 2, 2018 — Living in Batikap is nothing short of magical: I wake up to the calls of gibbons every morning, eat my breakfast… more…
April 11, 2018 — Bravis was rescued on 26 January this year by a joint team from the BOS Foundation and the Central Kalimantan BKSDA,… more…
Text by: PRM team in Nles Mamse Camp, Kehje Sewen Forest April 9, 2018 — Reckie, a female orangutan we released on 26 April, 2017,… more…
April 5, 2018 — This week, four more orangutans from the BOS Nyaru Menteng Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre were released to the Bukit Baka… more…
April 2018 — The BOS Foundation is releasing another group of four orangutans from Nyaru Menteng into the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park Forest… more…
Text by: BOSF Post Release Monitoring team in Totat Jalu Camp Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest March 28, 2018 — Being released to the forest is… more…
Text by: PRM team in Kehje Sewen Forest March 26, 2018 — One of the most challenging tasks of post-release monitoring (PRM) is ensuring released… more…
Manisha enjoys forest fruits March 21, 2018 — Just as humans do, orangutans can form close bonds and friendships with their peers, even in the… more…
March 14, 2018 — After weeks of nest-to-nest observations on five recently-released orangutans, the BOS Post Release Monitoring (PRM) team turned its focus back to… more…
March 5, 2018 — Monitoring released orangutans provides many interesting and challenging experiences for members of the BOS Post Release Monitoring (PRM) team. The team… more…
February 28, 2018 Who is Davi? Davi was born at BOS Samboja Lestari on October 19, 2015. She spent the first few days of her… more…
February 26, 2018 — The BOS Samboja Post Release Monitoring (PRM) team recently ventured into the dense Kehje Sewen Forest on a cold morning in… more…
February 23, 2018 — We are thrilled to announce the birth of another baby orangutan in the Bukit Batikap Protection Forest, Central Kalimantan! Our newest… more…
February 22, 2018 — You might remember the two female orangutans recently rescued and brought to BOS Nyaru Menteng: Hati and Riana. Hati was rescued… more…
February 15, 2018 — On 11 February, the BOS Nyaru Menteng team rescued a female baby orangutan estimated to be two and a half years… more…
February 14, 2018 — Suci was last seen playing with Meryl, Vino, and Momot moments before she went missing in the forest. As the afternoon… more…
February 14, 2018 — Suci arrived at the BOS Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Center on August 8, 2016, when she was just 12 months old… more…
February 1, 2018 — On January 26, a joint team from BOS Foundation and Central Kalimantan BKSDA successfully rescued a 2.5-year-old orangutan weighing 3.3 kilograms,… more…
January 29, 2018 — A few days ago, the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation’s Post Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Nles Mamse Camp in the Kehje… more…
Latest Update on Mother-Infant Pair January 24, 2018 — The Post-Release Monitoring team from Nles Mamse Camp in the Kehje Sewen Forest recently set out… more…
January 22, 2018 — The newest members of the Nyaru Menteng Nursery Group, Alejandra and Rachel, have been thoroughly examined at the medical clinic and… more…