Firefighting efforts are a major challenge in Borneo’s rainforests, where forest fires occur every year. Save the Orangutan is now, in collaboration with DHI GRAS, using satellite data to identify fire risks in vulnerable areas. Every year during the dry season, forest fires rage in the tropical rainforests in Borneo, […]

During late summer, the Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre received two new infant orangutans. Both of the infants had lost their mothers and therefore became a part of the rehabilitation program. Two baby orangutans were earlier this year rescued by the Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency’s (BKSDA) wildlife rescue team […]

The aim of a project that Save the Orangutan is working on, together BOSF-RHO, is to put the Dayak Wehea tribe and their traditional culture on the map. To celebrate the traditions of the tribe, an art and culture festival was arranged in the spring. The traditional dances of the […]

Forest fires have major consequences for the rainforest, biodiversity and the climate. This year, the fires can also have consequences for those infected with the coronavirus in Indonesia and neighboring countries.  Save the Orangutan has, together with our partners, taken several preventive measures to prepare for the dry season. Forest […]

Female orangutan Nobri was born at a pre-release island in 2005 and was raised to be a completely independent orangutan. In 2016, she was released in the Bukit Batikap Protection Forest and earlier this year she was spotted with an infant, the first wild-born baby of the year. It is […]