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ECKY, KLAUS, AND FRANK ADVANCE TO FOREST SCHOOL LEVEL 2
Ecky, Klaus, and Frank have taken a major step closer to their ultimate release back into the wild.
ECKY, KLAUS, AND FRANK ADVANCE TO FOREST SCHOOL LEVEL 2
Ecky, Klaus, and Frank have taken a major step closer to their ultimate release back into the wild.
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ORANGUTAN MONITORING EXPEDITION AND BIODIVERSITY INVENTORY IN KEHJE SEWEN FOREST
Behind the dense canopy of Kehje Sewen Forest, there is a group of people who...
PROBOSCIS MONKEY: THE LONG-NOSED PRIMATE OF KEHJE SEWEN FOREST
An exciting encounter occurred when our Biodiversity–Post Release Monitoring...
EARTH DAY 2026: OUR POWER, OUR PLANET
Every April 22, millions of people across the world take a moment to realise...
CONNECTING COMMUNITIES TO CONSERVATION IN BORNEO
Protecting orangutans doesn’t start in the forest alone. It starts with the...
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AN UNEXPECTED, WILD FRIENDSHIP
Recently, the weather in Central Kalimantan, especially around Nyaru Menteng, has been unpredictable: Sometimes it is very hot and dry, while other times there is heavy rainfall and cool temperatures. As a result, several of Nyaru Menteng’s Forest School students fell...
ORANGUTANS AND NATURE’S REMEDIES
Rakus, a Sumatran orangutan, has been in the news using Akar Kuning (Fibraurea tinctoria) to treat an injury by chewing up the leaves of the plant and putting them directly on his wound. F. tinctoria has long been used in traditional medicine to treat wounds and other...
A WEED, A SNACK, A WILDFLOWER, OR A REMEDY?
Wild plants are considered weeds if they can often outcompete other plants by dominating the absorption of nutrients, water, and sunlight. Melastoma malabathricum, a tiny shrub from the Melastomataceae family, is one of the weeds that grows abundantly in Bornean...
RAYMOND’S JOURNEY
An orangutan named Raymond has been causing disturbances in Pelangsiran transit settlement, worrying locals and prompting our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team to take swift action. Translocation is the act of relocating an orangutan who is at risk, which often comes...
ARE ORANGUTANS EMPATHETIC?
It was a usual day at the Nyaru Menteng forest school, where young orangutans were learning from one another while their human surrogate mothers looked on from below. The treetop lessons are only interrupted momentarily for supplementary food breaks, but on this day,...
BEES TAKE OVER CAMP NLES MAMSE
Sweet, flavourful, and nutritious, honey is beloved by nearly everyone, but the same cannot be said for bees. As the season for bees comes to Camp Nles Mamse, our post-release monitoring (PRM) team must be on high alert. The forest bees flying around Camp Nles Mamse...
THE TALE OF SUCI’S RESILIENCE
Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team at Camp Himba Pambelum in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park (TNBBBR), Central Kalimantan, encountered Suci, a young female orangutan, three times back in 2023. This healthy orangutan was spotted enjoying her days in the Rangan...
THE ENIGMATIC BROWN WOOD OWL
The brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) is one of the intriguing members of the Strigidae family that inhabits the tropical forests of South and Southeast Asia. Known for its striking physical features and distinctive calls, this owl has captured the attention of...
KOPRAL: HEALING MORE EVERYDAY
Kopral has been receiving treatment at the clinic since April 2023 due to wounds on the sole of his right foot and fungus between his toes. However, due to the renovations and expansion of the orangutan clinic, the treatment cage area has become exposed. On June 7th,...
THE DAYAK WAY OF EMBRACING TRADITION AND SUSTAINABILITY
The Wehea Dayak Village, located in Kalimantan’s beautiful interior, showcases a uniquely preserved culture that emphasises life in harmony with nature. The Wehea Dayak are one of the indigenous peoples who live in the Muara Wahau District of East Kutai Regency, East...
KEMBARA AND ITS ENCHANTING BLUE WINGS
One of the butterflies found near Camp Nles Mamse recently immediately caught the attention of our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team. Our team spotted the butterfly after it touched down on a kinikir flower (Cosmos caudatus). The blue-patterned butterfly is in the...
THE ART OF ORANGUTAN NEST BUILDING
Orangutans are arboreal mammals that spend most of their time in treetops. These mammals are known not only as "forest farmers" but also as skilled "forest architects," with exceptional nest-building abilities. Most of their activities involve climbing, crawling, and...
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