KEHJE SEWEN’S TERRIFIC TRIO
Can you remember the orangutans we released into the Kehje Sewen Forest in May? Amongst them are Andreas, Riana, and Leann. All coming from the Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation Centre, they have now returned to their true home in the forest. Andreas, Riana, and Leann...
LEARNING TO LIVE WITH OUR FOREST-DWELLING NEIGHBOURS
Human population growth and the expansion of development into forest regions has the potential to lead to human-orangutan conflict. The natural distribution of orangutan populations outside conservation areas, such as in forests near communities and company concession...
A THRILLING ENCOUNTER WITH PETTO
Who remembers Petto? We have missed him since our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from the Himba Pambelum Monitoring Camp in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park Area (TNBBBR), Central Kalimantan last encountered him in August 2022. About a year later, they spotted...
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...