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SAD NEWS: THE PASSING OF FANI AT 24 YEARS OLD
We are saddened to share the news that the beloved Fani has passed away
SAD NEWS: THE PASSING OF FANI AT 24 YEARS OLD
We are saddened to share the news that the beloved Fani has passed away
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DERMATITIS CASES IN ORANGUTANS
Recently, several orangutans on our pre-release islands have been undergoing...
BABY ORANGUTAN FROM PENDAMARAN VILLAGE, NOW SAFE AT SAMBOJA LESTARI
One month ago, the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation welcomed a new...
TEMON AND LAHEI DISAPPEAR!
Temon, a 3-year-old female orangutan, and Lahei, a 4-year-old male, are...
DENTAL EXAMINATION IN ORANGUTANS
Just like humans, orangutans also require proper dental care, including...
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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...
OFF TO ‘UNIVERSITY’
While one of our teams was busy transporting four orangutans back to the wild recently, we also released four graduated forest school students to a pre-release island in the Salat Island Cluster. Pre-release islands are like universities, where graduates hone their...
RESEARCH AT TUANAN KICKS BACK INTO GEAR
In this update from the field, we are thrilled to introduce you to the work being conducted at the Tuanan Orangutan Research Station of the Mawas Conservation Area, located in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Tuanan Orangutan Research Program has been researching...
A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY
Meet little Ayu, her mum Lesan and her dad Hamzah. All three are living in the Kehje Sewen Forest in East Kalimantan. Lesan is a rehabilitated orphan we released ten years ago, and Ayu is her wild-born daughter. We released Lesan at the same time as Hamzah, and...
Encroachment threatens OU conservation in new capital area
One way to monitor and protect wildlife is through data collection via surveys or censuses. As The plan to develop the new capital city (IKN) of Nusantara which was launched by the Indonesian government has become a hot discussion topic on a national and international...
GINA’S ANTICS
Thanks to your incredible support, the BOS Foundation Post Release Monitoring (PRM) team in the Bukit Batikap Protection Forest continues to monitor orangutans and collect data from the camera traps, and it is always exciting to see the results. We are delighted to...
SAYANG AND PADMA SURPRISE OUR TEAM
Recently, our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Camp Lesik, in the northern part of the Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan, conducted a routine phenology survey. Phenology involves observing how living things respond to changes in the seasons and climate of the...
LET THE SUNSHINE IN
Saving orangutans also means protecting their rainforest homes and fighting climate change. To reduce our carbon footprint, BOS Australia and BOS Switzerland, together with the BOS Foundation, built a new solar system at our Samboja Lestari rehabilitation centre - our...
DILLA IS FINDING HER WAY
We have an update on Dilla. She is one of our unreleasable orangutans, and she became famous in the documentary series 'Orangutan Jungle School'. While all orangutans in BOS Foundation's care have a tragic backstory, Dilla had a particularly rough start in life. When...
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