Thanks to CISU-funded projects, the indigenous people of Rungan have been granted legal status as guardians of the forest. This will protect the area from exploitation and preserve the home of the wild orangutan. Rungan is a remote natural area in southern Borneo with great biodiversity. One example of this […]
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Kejora was illegally kept as a pet before she was rescued and came to the Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Center. Recently, she and nine other orangutans were reintroduced into the rainforest. It was in 2016 that the 1,5 year old Kejora was rescued from an oil palm plantation where she had […]
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BBC has, after a year of investigations, been able to uncover a global torture network that enjoys watching baby macaques being harmed and killed on film. The terrible news has been widely spread in international media. Hundreds of customers in the US, England and other countries have been paying Indonesians […]
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With the release of Ben, an important milestone was reached for Save the Orangutan and our partnerorganization BOS Foundation. Ben became orangutan number 500 who now roams free in the rainforest. There comes a special time for orangutans in rehabilitation when they are to be transported to remote parts of […]
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The European Parliament has adopted a law to combat deforestation and degradation of forests. Companies must now document that goods imported to the European market cannot be linked to the clearing or degradation of forests. It is a well-known fact that our consumption in the West contributes to forests being […]
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Mankind have used drugs and other substances since the dawn of time to get into a different state of mind. But new research suggests that orangutans and other great apes like to put themselves in a similar state. A recent British study shows that not only people like to change […]
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In our large-scale reforestation project in Mawas in Borneo, it is the local population that does the majority of the work. Here you can meet some of them. Since 1997 Sumadi has been planting trees in the Mawas area in Borneo. In spring he collects seedlings in the rainforest, plants […]
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The Post-release Monitoring (PRM) teams that keep an eye on the orangutans in the rainforest learn many things from observing them. For example, they find out which fruits or leaves they can eat in the rainforest. We can learn so much from orangutans. The PRM teams that observes the released […]
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Two weeks ago, eight orangutans were moved to a Pre-release Island where they now will have to prove that they are able to survive as wild orangutans. Once the baby orangutans at the Rehabilitation Centres have made it through all the stages of Forest School it is time for the […]
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The world is holding its breath as world leaders discuss climate actions during the UN climate change conference that began on Sunday. More than 100 countries have now signed the first major deal, to stop deforestation and restore destroyed forests. The UN climate summit COP26 has kicked off with high […]
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