UNEXPECTED ORANGE VISITORS
Do you remember our stories about Inung and Indie? This mother-infant pair was recently spotted by our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team near Camp Totat Jalu in the Bukit Batikap Protection Forest, Central Kalimantan.
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.
Do you remember our stories about Inung and Indie? This mother-infant pair was recently spotted by our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team near Camp Totat Jalu in the Bukit Batikap Protection Forest, Central Kalimantan.
Who could forget sweet Ayu, the daughter of Lesan and, probably, Hamzah, who was born in the Kehje Sewen Forest in 2016. Just as she is developing new skills and showing more positive progress, we have news that Ayu will soon become a big sister!
As semi-solitary individuals, orangutans are known to form close social relationships from time to time, even in the wild. Recently, we published a story titled ‘An Orangutan “Party”’, which described how orangutans spend time together in the forest.
Ayu, a 6-year-old female orangutan, was born in the wild to rehabilitated orangutans, Lesan and Hamzah (presumed), who were both released in the Kehje Sewen Forest a decade ago.
In early September of last year, our monitoring team conducted nest-to-nest observations on Desi, a female orangutan residing on Juq Kehje Swen Island. The team, consisting of Aluna, Ubay, Rustam, and Erik, had been preparing since the morning to...