Six orangutans have recently been re-granted their freedom in East Kalimantan, bringing the total number of released orangutans in the Kehje Sewen forest to 103 since 2012. However, there is a limit to how many orangutans can make the protected area their home. Permission to expand the area is now […]
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In the last few months alone, no less than four orphaned orangutans have been rescued and brought to the two rehabilitation centres in Borneo supported by Save the Orangutan. Weakened, dehydrated, severely malnourished, and skin abrasions all over. Four orphaned orangutans were in a terrible condition when they were rescued […]
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Active with a healthy appetite and an appreciation of a balanced diet in the forest. Those are some of the behavioural traits applicable to the released orangutan Robert, who the monitoring team had the opportunity to observe last week in East Kalimantan. From South to North and back again. Robert […]
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Six new islands which will regrant up to 12 adult orangutans their freedom in natural surroundings. That is the plan for a new area of land, to which access rights have been obtained with support from Save the Orangutan. 17.5 hectares. That is the size of the land BOS Foundation […]
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The two release sites Bukit Batikap and Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park (TNBBBR) have transformed the efforts to protect the orangutan in Central Kalimantan. With Save the Orangutan’s support, the two protected areas allow our partner BOS Foundation to achieve impressive results in terms of establishing a self-sustaining and […]
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On a rare sunny day in the Kehje Sewen forest in East Kalimantan, the monitoring team recently had the opportunity to follow one of the released orangutans at a close distance. The last few months have been quite wet in the Kehje Sewen forest in East Kalimantan, which is used […]
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After their arrival at the Samboja Lestari rehabilitation centre in East Kalimantan, the orangutan Jubaedah and her 2-year-old offspring Jubaedi are doing well, all things considering. But the mother’s health is still far from good. 25 kg. That was all the 20-year-old orangutan Jubaedah weighed when recently she and her […]
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Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park is full of life and has a dynamic biodiversity. When the monitoring team, who observes the released orangutans, encounter other rare species in the protected rainforest areas, they are quick to find their cameras. Each morning, the monitoring team of Save the Orangutan’s partner […]
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Borneo’s nature, climate, and biodiversity may be granted some well-earned relief as the permanence of a temporary ban on clearing untouched rainforest in Indonesia is being discussed. The ban also covers areas preferred by the orangutan as habitats. A single signature. That is all that is needed now to make […]
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The 24-year-old Bonbon was rescued and brought to the Nyaru Menteng rehabilitation centre almost 17 years ago. He cannot return to the rainforest due to a bad back. Instead, he can now look forward to a life in new and freer surroundings. Bonbon was 6 years old when he arrived […]
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