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BOSF Kicks Off New Year with Orangutan Release
In collaboration with the Central Kalimantan BKSDA, we have started 2018 with the release of four orangutans in to the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park, in Central Kalimantan! These four orangutans...
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Tiny and Ajeng Get Cosy in Kehje Sewen
Unexpected Encounter Our PRM team from Nles Mamse Camp in the Kehje Sewen Forest recently set out before dawn to conduct nest-to-nest monitoring on Tiny, a young male orangutan we released in December....
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Alba to Settle in New Home Soon
The world’s only known albino orangutan, Alba, is destined for the forest and will start her new life on a 10-hectare forest-island home by the end of June. Like humans, all orangutans are unique...
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Rachel and Alejandra’s First Days in Nursery Group
The newest members of the Nyaru Menteng Nursery Group, Alejandra and Rachel, have been thoroughly examined at our clinic and are now being cared for in the quarantine section of the Baby House. In...
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Released Mother and Son Thriving in Kehje Sewen Forest
Latest Update on Mother-Infant Pair Our Post-Release Monitoring team from Nles Mamse Camp in the Kehje Sewen Forest recently set out to observe mother-infant pair Ingrid and Ivan, who were released on...
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Yuniar At Home in New Surroundings
A few days ago, our PRM team from Nles Mamse Camp in the Kehje Sewen Forest departed early in the morning to collect nest-to-nest data on released orangutans. Team members Rere, Siti, and Bagus set off...
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Another Rapid Rescue Mission – Another Orphaned Orangutan
On January 26, a joint team from BOS Foundation and Central Kalimantan BKSDA successfully rescued a 2.5-year-old orangutan weighing 3.3 kilograms, in Lapetan Village, Mantangai Sub-district, Kuala...
View ArticleNo Matter What, PRM Team Strives Ever Forward
With its charismatic orangutan residents, diverse wildlife, and often unpredictable weather, the Kehje Sewen is indeed a unique environment. There is never a dull moment in the forest, and our PRM team...
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Meet Our Brave Little Girl, Suci
Suci arrived at the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Center on August 8, 2016, when she was just 12 months old and still displaying wild behaviour. Like many other young orangutans we care for –...
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Mother Nature Continues to Challenge Our Team
Constant, heavy rainfall in the Kehje Sewen Forest over the past few weeks caused severe flash flooding that washed away our Post Release Monitoring Team’s boat (read the complete story here). Nature...
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Where Did Brave Little Suci Go?
Suci’s First Sleepover in Forest School Suci was last seen playing with Meryl, Vino, and Momot moments before she went missing in the forest. As the afternoon began to darken, and after all the other...
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Hati – the 4th Baby Orangutan Rescued This Year
On 11 February, we rescued a female baby orangutan estimated to be two and a half years old, together with a joint team from the Central Kalimantan BKSDA and Police officers from Katingan Hulu. The...
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Update on Our New Rescued Orangutans – Hati, Riana and Ecky
You might remember the two female orangutans we recently rescued, Hati and Riana. Hati was rescued from a villager in Tumbang Sanamang, Katingan Hulu, Central Kalimantan (read the full story here),...
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Eden – A New Born Wild Baby: Hope for the Future
We are thrilled to announce the birth of another baby orangutan in the Bukit Batikap Protection Forest, Central Kalimantan! Our newest arrival was born to Ebol, an orangutan we released during our...
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The Forest is Tiny’s Smorgasbord
Our PRM team recently ventured into the dense Kehje Sewen Forest on a cold morning in search of Tiny, whom we last saw with Ajeng. The gloomy weather failed to discourage us from negotiating the...
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Davi’s First Day at Forest School!
Who is Davi? Davi was born at Samboja Lestari on October 19, 2015. She spent the first few days of her life with her birth mother, Citra, before the medical team were forced to make the difficult...
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Bungaran Impresses with Growing Independence
Monitoring released orangutans provides many interesting and challenging experiences for members of our PRM team. The team from Nles Mamse Camp in the Kehje Sewen Forest recently set off into the...
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Everyone Takes Cover in the Rain
The word ‘orangutan’ comes from the Indonesian words orang, meaning ‘person’, and hutan, meaning ‘forest’; thus, ‘orangutan’ translates as ‘person of the forest’. These amazing great apes have more in...
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Orangutan Update: Indonesia
After weeks of nest-to-nest observations on five recently-released orangutans, our PRM team turned its focus back to the more senior inhabitants of the Kehje Sewen Forest. Orangutans like Indonesia, a...
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Phenology Survey at South of Kehje Sewen Forest
Rainy days rarely stop our PRM teams from conducting their routine patrol activities in the Kehje Sewen Forest. The PRM team from Nles Mamse camp recently set off in wet weather conditions to conduct a...
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