Since being released in the Kehje Sewen forest in August, Febri and the three other orangutans has had to adapt to an independent life in the wild. The post-release monitoring team from the Nles Mamse camp began observing the newly arrived orangutans immediately after the release, as they always do […]

On 27 August 2019, Save the Orangutan’s partner BOS Foundation released four rehabilitated orangutans to the Kehje Sewen rainforest in East Kalimantan on Borneo. Soon after the transport cages were opened, the orangutans rushed up into the trees and the post-monitoring team began to discreetly observe the newly arrived residents. […]

Since the first release in 2016, a total of 136 orangutans can now call ​​Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park ( TNBBBR), a carefully selected and protected rainforest area in central Kalimantan on Borneo,  their home.   The eight orangutans released in TNBBBR last week included three males, Tom, Toby […]

For the fourth time this year, Save the Orangutan’s partner BOS Foundation has released rehabilitated orangutans to the protected rainforest area of ​​Kehje Sewen in East Kalimantan. This time, it is orangutans Febri, Misri, Riki and Rini that have returned to life in the wild. With the release of these […]

The forests of Borneo are on fire, and Save the Orangutang’s partner is in the highest alert. There are big concerns that the situation will be worse than four years ago, when the island was hit by the largest global environmental disaster of the 20th century. A wall of smoke. […]

The release of eight orangutans from Nyaru Menteng at the beginning of August was also the first time a new area in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park was being used. It is not easy to get there, but it is an untouched food-rich area – and therefore perfect for […]

A recent update to the IUCN Red List, which assesses the extinction threat to species around the world, paints a grim picture with no improvement to any species’ situation. The recent update to the IUCN Red List brings grim news about the situation of our global wildlife. No species included […]

We have received good news from the post-monitoring team in East Kalimantan regarding the four orangutans Komo, Petak, Gino, and Zakir, who were released just a few weeks ago. As soon as the transport cage is opened and an orangutan steps into freedom in the protected rainforest area, the post-monitoring […]