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Manisha, Cilik, Olivia Form Trio in Batikap
Just as humans do, orangutans can form close bonds and friendships with their peers, even in the wild. Our PRM team from Totat Jalu Camp in the Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest was recently able to...
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BOMBASTIK: Trash-Free Campaign by BOSF, Sharp Greenerator
On February 21, a community of young environmentalists, known as Sharp Greenerator, collaborated with Transformasi Hijau (Trashi) and BOS Foundation to mark National Waste Awareness Day. Together, they...
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Reckie Evacuated, Re-Released
One of the most challenging tasks of post-release monitoring is ensuring released orangutans do not travel too far to the outskirts of the forest and accidently enter human settlements. If an orangutan...
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When an Orangutan Falls Ill in the Forest
Being released to the forest is not the end of the story for the orangutans we reintroduce. The post-release period is a time when orangutans face many new challenges, including adapting to an unknown...
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ORANGUTAN RELEASE CANDIDATE PROFILES FOR THE 22nd RELEASE FROM NYARU MENTENG...
1. HAYLEY Hayley was rescued from Samuda village, East Kotawaringin Regency, Central Kalimantan, and was brought to Nyaru Menteng on 13 November, 2008. She was 2.5 years old at the time, weighed 16...
View Article[PRESS RELEASE] Four Bornean Orangutans Return to the Wild in Bukit Baka...
Central Kalimantan – Four Bornean orangutans (Pongo pygmaeus) will be released back to the wild in the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park (known as Taman Nasional Bukit Baka Bukit Raya in Bahasa...
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Indonesian Celebs Help Release Orangutans
This week, four more orangutans from the Nyaru Menteng Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre were released to the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park (locally known as TNBBBR). The group included three...
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Reckie Quickly Adapts to Her New Forest Home
Reckie, a female orangutan we released on 26 April, 2017, is a very active orangutan. She’s famous among the post-release monitoring (PRM) team for her huge home range, sometimes making her tricky to...
View ArticleLittle Bravis Growing More Confident by the Day
Bravis was rescued on 26 January this year by a joint team from the BOS Foundation and the Central Kalimantan BKSDA, from a village in Mantangai Regency, Central Kalimantan. Like many other baby...
View ArticleRobert and Reckie’s Forest Rendezvous
Recently, our post-release monitoring (PRM) team were making their way back to the Nles Mamse Camp after a long patrol in the Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan, when they picked up a weak signal from...
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Miracle at Transect 26
Living in Batikap is nothing short of magical: I wake up to the calls of gibbons every morning, eat my breakfast as I watch red leaf monkeys leap through the trees, and regularly see helmeted hornbills...
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Indonesia Munches on Melastoma
The weather has been rather hot and dry lately in the Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan. Rain has fallen less frequently and rivers are now becoming shallower and clearer. Recently, our post-release...
View ArticleRescued Hati Becomes Star Student!
In February, a female baby orangutan was rescued from the village of Tumbang Sanamang, Katingan Hulu Regency, by a joint team from the Central Kalimantan BKSDA and BOS Foundation’s Nyaru Menteng team....
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ORANGUTAN RELEASE CANDIDATE PROFILES FOR THE 15th RELEASE FROM SAMBOJA...
1. ARNOLD Arnold was born in Wanariset Samboja, East Kalimantan on 12 March, 2006. His mother, Amoy, died two months after his birth from a respiratory infection. Arnold was then put under the care of...
View Article[PRESS RELEASE] BOS Foundation to Reintroduce Six More Orangutans to Kehje...
The BOS Foundation will today release six more orangutans from their East Kalimantan Orangutan Reintroduction Program at Samboja Lestari to the natural habitat of the Kehje Sewen Forest. Whilst this...
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BOSF Celebrates National Education Day with Release of 6 Orangutans
The BOS Foundation—in cooperation with their implementing partner company, PT. RHOI, and the East Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA)—has released six orangutans to the Kehje Sewen...
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Preparing a New Home for Orangutans
With the 15th orangutan release in the Kehje Sewen Forest on the horizon, our post-release monitoring (PRM) team in Nles Mamse Camp had many extra tasks to complete. As usual, the team needed to find a...
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Jungle Survival 101: Avoid the Bees!
As I stand in the jungle observing the orangutan residents of Batikap Conservation Forest, I find myself comparing them to human children. Even a short observation of their behaviour indicates that...
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Observing Totti
Once released to the wild, rehabilitated orangutans are monitored closely for a certain period of time by our post-release monitoring (PRM) team, which collects behavioural data during daily...
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Ecky Wows Us with her Progress
Despite peaking in the 1990s, Indonesia’s forests are still being destroyed at a completely unsustainable rate, forcing wild animals – including orangutans – out of their natural habitats. Pushed out...
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