EARTH DAY 2024: PLANET VS PLASTICS
Every year on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day to honour the planet that is home to us all.
In early October 2022, our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team translocated Hanung, who was released by the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation to the Kehje Sewen Forest in 2016.
Our PRM team, in addition to releasing and monitoring orangutans in the forest, is also tasked with translocating orangutans when required. Translocation involves moving an orangutan from one location to another, to end conflict between the orangutan and humans, if they have entered human settlements persistently and other forms of mitigation have failed.
The purpose of Hanung's recent translocation was to move him to a more suitable habitat, as he had previously appeared near residential areas in Pelangsiran. In his new area, Hanung must be more independent and will be unable to enter human settlements. The hope is that he establishes a new home range and does not return to areas where humans reside.
Opening of hanung cages by fathur (Photo credit: Avita)
Hanung, after being translocated (Photo credit: Avita)
Translocation is a safeguard in the BOS Foundation’s reintroduction program, a tool that the PRM teams can use to help ensure that the orangutans can live full lives in natural, secure habitat and that local humans learn that orangutans are friendly neighbours, not competitors or threats. By getting a fresh start, orangutans get the chance to regain their natural behaviours and relearn how to forage on their own, without relying on humans.
Hopefully, Hanung will be happy and thrive in his new part of the Kehje Sewen Forest!
Every year on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day to honour the planet that is home to us all.
It was a usual day at the Nyaru Menteng forest school, where young orangutans were learning from one another while their human surrogate mothers looked on from below.
Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team at Camp Himba Pambelum in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park (TNBBBR), Central Kalimantan, encountered Suci, a young female orangutan, three times back in 2023.
