ORANGUTAN WARRIOR: NUR SYAMSIAH
It has been some time since we brought you a new Orangutan Warrior profile. This time, we’d like to introduce you to one of the inspiring women who has been a part of our Orangutan Habitat Rehabilitation (RHO) programme in East Kalimantan since 2016. Nur...
HOW DO ORANGUTANS ‘TALK’?
Orangutans are semi-solitary primates who spend the majority of their lives alone. However, in some orangutan populations, the females will gather in groups from time to time, especially during the fruiting season, when forest food is abundant. Group activity like...
MYSTERIOUS NEIGHBOURS
Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team recently searched for orangutans at Puncak Leke in the Kehje Sewen Forest when they caught sight of an unidentified animal. They took a closer look at the curious creature and noticed it was rolled up with its head tucked into...
JUNGLE SHARPSHOOTERS TAKE AIM
One of the skills the Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team members learn when working in the Kehje Sewen Forest is the ability to fire a tranquilliser gun. All of them must possess this skill to support the veterinarians if they need to anaesthetise an orangutan in the...
ORANGUTAN RESCUE AT MUARA TOYU
On 6 December 2022, the Balikpapan BKSDA received a report from an employee of PT. Balikpapan Wana Lestari (BWL) that an orangutan had visited the workers’ camp and interacted with staff over four consecutive days. According to the statement, the orangutan was...
