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.
As part of Mawas Conservation Program, Tuanan Orangutan Research Station was built by the BOS Foundation in 2002. Here we have collaborated with Carel P. van Schaik and Maria van Noordwijk of the University of Zurich, Erin R. Vogel of the Rutgers...
January 14, 2013. Spending only one night at Camp Release was not enough. I was really sorry that I had to leave the next morning. Apart from the fact that there is no internet connection (but there is phone reception at certain points throughout...
January 13, 2013. To continue the journey to our next destination – Camp Release – we had to return to Mantangai because Camp Release cannot be accessed by speedboat. The narrow and densely vegetated canals that lead to Camp Release are only...
The next day, January 12, 2013, we departed from Camp Mantangai after breakfast. Walking shortly to a nearby jetty, a speedboat was waiting for us. For the next few days, the journey would be along rivers!
This is a confession of a typical city dweller. If it weren’t for this amazing job I have at the BOS Foundation, the most intensive exercise I have had during the last two years would have been running up and down office stairs. That’s it.
