AN UPDATE FROM THE GREAT PROJECTS AND BOS
BOS is proud to partner with The Great Projects for volunteering opportunities in our Bornean sanctuaries! Here’s a look at some of our latest updates from the ground. The past month has been a busy one! Our Great Project volunteers have been hard at work...
LONG TIME NO SEE, LEONIE!
In Kehje Sewen Forest, our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team encountered Leonie, a female orangutan who was last seen in 2017. Our PRM team split into two groups to patrol and clear the transect path, which had become overgrown with thickets, and to provide tagging...
TAKING ACTION BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE: FOREST FIRES IN 2023
With global climate change creating more extreme weather events, forest fires tragically make headlines all too often. In Kalimantan, the working areas of the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation have not been spared from occasional fire outbreaks, with years...
JEFFREY SHARES HIS ISLAND HOME
Jeffrey, an unreleasable male orangutan who is too old to undergo the rehabilitation process, is now sharing Island 0 with Yuyun, a female orangutan who was transferred to the island in February. Jeffrey was born at the Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation Centre in...