HAMZAH CRASHES THE PARTY
Earlier this year, our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Camp Lesik in the Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan, was observing orangutans when orangutan male Hamzah suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Find out what happened next below. The PRM team set off on foot...
PEER LESSONS: HOW TO OPEN FOOD ENRICHMENT
Enrichment is essential in keeping the orangutans in our care mentally engaged while learning vital skills. Dr Nadine Adrianna Sugianto, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham, is working on the Orangutan Enclosure Design Tool (EDT) Project in...
BABY BUNGA BORN TO BUNGAN
We have some great news from the Kehje Sewen Forest in East Kalimantan regarding the birth of a new baby orangutan! In August 2021, our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Nles Mamse camp in the Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan, monitored and observed female...
“ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACES IN THE WORLD”
Today is World Rainforest Day – and one of the largest rainforests in Asia is located in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo. Within this extensive rainforest is the Kehje Sewen Forest in East Kalimantan, where we release rehabilitated orangutans. We have two...
A SPECIAL FAREWELL VISIT
Recently the Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team at Camp Lesik in the Kehje Sewen Forest was surprised and delighted by a visit from a male orangutan. He appeared to be visiting the camp for the first time as no one recognised him. Who was the mysterious guest? The...