The First Rescue of 2021
After a turbulent 2020, the new year started quietly at our Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre. This is, until several weeks in, at the end of January, we received a call from the Central...
View ArticleSamboja Lodge Gets a Facelift
In order to curb the spread of COVID-19, the BOS Foundation closed all of its programs from visiting guests, volunteers, and researchers, starting in March of last year. This closure also included...
View ArticleAlready Three Babies Rescued in 2021
In the last two months, the BOS Foundation has been involved in, yet again, three more orangutan rescues in Central Kalimantan. The result has been the intake of infant orangutans, Onyer, Ramangai, and...
View ArticlePhenology Fun on the Island of Juq Kehje Swen
Regular phenology surveys are conducted by our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) teams in the forests where we release orangutans, to ensure there is an adequate supply of natural food. Surveys are carried...
View ArticleSero Ambrang yang Langka di Juq Kehje Swen
Awal tahun ini, tim PRM kami di Pulau Juq Kehje Swen, Kalimantan Timur, turut serta dalam kegiatan Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) 2021. Saat melakukan pengamatan, salah satu tim kami, Erik, melihat satu...
View ArticleDesi’s ‘Wild’ Encounter with Kimi
Kimi is a wild, female orangutan who lives on the pre-release island of Juq Kehje Swen, a forested island covering an area of 82 hectares located not far from Muara Wahau, in East Kutai Regency, East...
View ArticleEight More Orangutans Start Life on a Pre-Release Island
Last month marked an important moment for eight orangutans at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in Central Kalimantan, as they finally entered the pre-release stage of rehabilitation on...
View ArticleRELEASE CANDIDATE PROFILES FOR THE 37th ORANGUTAN RELEASE FROM THE NYARU...
1. Amber Amber was surrendered by an oil palm plantation employee in East Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan. This orphaned baby female arrived at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation...
View Article[PRESS RELEASE] Ahead Of World Environment Day, Seven Rehabilitated...
The Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA) together with the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park (TNBBBR) Office in collaboration with the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS)...
View ArticleOrangutan Warrior #6 – Indar Yaumy
We would like to introduce another orangutan warrior from our BOSF-RHO (Orangutan Habitat Restoration) program in East Kalimantan, who joined the BOS Foundation four years ago. Indar Yaumy, who was...
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