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seven orangutans released

Seven orangutans released after successful rehabilitation

When orphaned orangutans have gone through a successful rehabilitation process, they are ready to be released into the wild. Seven orangutans reached the end of their rehabilitation journey last week. Amber, Barlian, Darryl, Reren, Suayap, Randy, and Unggang. These are the seven orangutans who have spent the last few years […]

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Three Orangutan Mothers Reunited

The Post-Release monitoring team were lucky to spot three orangutan mothers with their infants reunited in the Kehje Sewen Forest in April. All of the orangutans seemed to be doing well. Orangutans live semi-solitary lives. This means that they spend most of the time alone – if they do not […]

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Replanting the Rainforest

With the campaign #plant_1_2_trees, we focus on replanting degraded rainforest areas for the future of orangutan. But what does the replanting efforts entail? Deforestation is the biggest threat to the survival of the orangutan. Every day, rainforests are cleared and in the last four decades, 80% of orangutan habitat has […]

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Independent Justin

Stories from the Rainforest: Independent Justin

Earlier this year, the Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team on the release site in the Kehje Sewen Forest spotted male orangutan Justin during an orangutan patrol. And Justin made one thing clear: He did not want to be followed! On all release sites the Post-Release Monitoring team observe the rehabilitated orangutans […]

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replant the rainforest

Save the Orangutan wants to replant the rainforest with new campaign

Restoring degraded rainforest is crucial for the survival of the orangutan. With the new #plant_1_2_trees campaign, Save the Orangutan wants to replant as much as 1,000 hectares of degraded rainforest. Deforestation is the biggest threat to the survival of the orangutan. In the last four decades, 80% of orangutan habitat […]

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Meet the new residents

Meet the new residents at Nyaru Menteng

In the last two months, three infant orangutans have moved in at the Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre. Three infant orangutans aged between 6-10 months have been handed over to the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre  in the past two months. They have all lost their mother and have been rescued […]

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three orangutans rescued

Already three babies rescued in 2021

In the last two months, three infant orangutans have been rescued and taken to the Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre. All are recovering from the trauma they have experienced. Unfortunately, quite regularly young orangutans that have lost their mother are found alone on fields close to forest areas. In the last […]

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Update from released orangutans

Update on the recently released orangutans

Since the successful release in February, the Post-Release Monitoring team has been busy observing the released orangutans. Now, we bring you the first update on the three released orangutans in the Kehje Sewen Forest. A few weeks ago, 10 orangutans were released, after temporarily suspending the release efforts for the […]

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