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SUCI’S SWEET DISCOVERY AND A FEAST IN THE WILD
Released orangutan Suci makes a sweet discovery in the wild.
SUCI’S SWEET DISCOVERY AND A FEAST IN THE WILD
Released orangutan Suci makes a sweet discovery in the wild.
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AN ADVENTURE TO BUILD COURAGE AT NEW FOREST SCHOOL
In the large-group Forest School, seven young orangutans actively play and...
ROYAL PARKS HALF CHARITY PLACES – RUN FOR ORANGUTANS
Missed out in the ballot process for this year’s 2025 Royal Parks Half? Good...
MUSHROOMS AND HONEY: SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Community development efforts continue to be carried out by the Borneo...
EARTH DAY 2025: OUR POWER, OUR PLANET
Every year, on April 22, we celebrate Earth Day as a moment to raise awareness...
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SULUY SAYS “HELLO”
Our Post Release Monitoring (PRM) team awoke to a sunny morning as they prepared to undertake a routine patrol in the forest. As usual, Camp Nles Mamse was our team’s departure point for the day’s expedition. Yunus and Ransik set off to explore transect 16 at eight...
SCATTER FEEDING FUN
The Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation Centre has a special sun bear sanctuary, which currently houses 73 sun bears in a complex that replicates their natural habitat and allows them to participate in a variety of activities. This sun bear sanctuary is divided into...
BOS-UK ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH VIRTUE!
We just launched a new way to raise money for orangutans! Do you have an online store? Are you looking to give back in the eComm space? BOS-UK is proud to announce our partnership with the social impact platform, Virtue! Through Virtue, you can make a difference right...
A LONG DELAY ENDS IN TRIUMPH!
Back in 2013, a female orangutan named Cici missed her chance at true freedom when her release was postponed. Cici is now 24 years old and a resident of Kaja Island, where she has lived since 26 November 2018. Cici was initially handed over to the Samboja Lestari...
GRACEFUL GREETINGS FROM PACIFIC SWALLOW
A beautiful morning greeted the Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team, who were busy carrying out routine camp cleaning tasks. Unexpectedly, a guest appeared on the cable of the room's ceiling, moving quietly, and reluctantly from his comfortable place. The guest's...
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 repairing...
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...
DAISY REAPPEARS WITH BABY!
Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team in the Bukit Batikap Protection Forest (Batikap) recently observed two special visitors near the Totat Jalu Monitoring Camp. A female orangutan, later identified as Daisy, emerged from the opening of Transect Anton, cradling a...
BAIMAH’S DIET CHECK-IN
Baimah, an orphaned orangutan from Kongbeng District, East Kutai, arrived at the Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in September 2022. At 15 kg, she was severely overweight for an orangutan of her age and was immediately placed on a diet to get her back...
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