We are working hard to protect the Bornean orangutan and its habitat for future generations. Here are some of the ways we've helped develop a world where orangutans and nature thrive.
Today is World Rainforest Day – and one of the largest rainforests in Asia is located in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. Within this large rainforest is the Kehje Sewen Forest in East Kalimantan, where we release rehabilitated orangutans.
Each orangutan release is carefully planned, from how we obtain food for the teams to the exact location where each orangutan is released. We choose these points based on general orangutan ecology regarding their ranging needs and the individual...
On a rainy afternoon in mid-January, our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team at Camp Lesik in the Kehje Sewen Forest was surprised and delighted by a visit from an orangutan. It appeared that this orangutan was visiting the camp for the first time.
In March this year, our Monitoring team stumbled upon a rare flower growing on Juq Kehje Swen Island, an 82.84-hectare forested island in East Kalimantan.
There are certain moments you never forget, moments that hold special meaning and evoke strong emotions. I had such an experience during the 39th orangutan release conducted by the BOS Foundation in Central Kalimantan on May 18, 2022.
