Our Vision
Our vision is a world where orangutans are free from the threat of extinction and can live in the wild, unharmed by humans.
back to their home.
our two sanctuaries.
The Problem
There are numerous threats to the viability of the remaining wild orangutan population in Indonesia and Malaysia. The primary threat is the loss of habitat with up to 80% of suitable forest in Indonesia and Malaysia having been lost in the past 20 years. Other threats, which often go hand-in-hand with the destruction of the rainforest, are the illegal pet trade and poaching.
Latest News
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CANDIDATES FOR THE 44th RELEASE FROM NYARU MENTENG
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia (KLHK), the Natural Resources Conservation Centre (BKSDA) of Central Kalimantan, and the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation will soon conduct the 44th orangutan release from... View Article
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ARE ORANGUTANS EMPATHETIC?
It was a usual day at the Nyaru Menteng Forest School, where young orangutans learn from one another while their human surrogate mothers look on from below. The treetop lessons are only interrupted momentarily for supplementary... View Article
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BEES TAKE OVER THE CAMP
Sweet, flavourful, and nutritious, honey is beloved by nearly everyone, but the same cannot be said for bees. As the season for bees comes to Camp Nles Mamse, our post-release monitoring team must be on high... View Article
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EMBRACING TRADITION AND SUSTAINABILITY
The Wehea Dayak Village, located in Kalimantan’s beautiful interior, showcases a uniquely preserved culture emphasising life in harmony with nature. The Wehea Dayak are indigenous people living in the Muara Wahau District of East Kutai Regency,... View Article
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A TALE OF RESILIENCE
Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team at Camp Himba Pambelum in the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park finally spotted Suci again. Find out how the young female is doing. The PRM team was thrilled to encounter... View Article
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IN THE SPOTLIGHT: WIWIK ASTUTIK
Meet Wiwik Astutik, BOS Foundation’s incredible Volunteer Facilitator. Her passion and love for orangutans are truly inspiring, and it all started almost 30 years ago with a ravaging forest fire. Since when have you been working... View Article
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FLEUR LOVES HER SOLITUDE
Fleur is one of the 75 sun bears in our care. She started her journey with the BOS Foundation at the Nyaru Menteng Rehabilitation Centre. However, in May 2018, we transferred her to more sun-bear-appropriate facilities... View Article
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HOW TO FIND A RELEASE FOREST
Careful consideration is essential when determining the release area for orangutans. One of the most important factors is ensuring that the forest is productive and its natural food sources can sustain an orangutan population far into... View Article
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SUSTAINABLE WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR ALL
Every year on February 21, Indonesia celebrates National Waste Awareness Day. This occasion serves as an opportunity to improve public awareness of the importance of sustainable waste management for all and its critical role in preserving... View Article
Our Community
Join us in commemorating #EndangeredSpeciesDay!
With all #orangutan species being #CriticallyEndangered, we must protect these incredible #GreatApes before it’s too late!
Your support is crucial, and the good news is that you can #help in many different ways.
🦧 #Donate to our current appeal and #HelpUs build a new #OrangutanJungleSchool:
bit.ly/New-Orangutan-Jungle-School-FB
🦧 #Adopt one of our #orphaned #orangutans:
bit.ly/Adopt-an-Orangutan
🦧 #Volunteer with us in #Borneo:
bit.ly/Orangutan-Volunteer
🦧 #Shop #GiftsThatGiveBack:
orangutans.com.au/shop
🦧 Follow our social media, share and like our posts, and #SpreadTheWord about the plight of the orangutans.
Please help us keep our red cousins in our world!
#saveorangutans #conservation #love #nature
2 days ago
Let's #celebrate the 75 sun bears in our care this International #SunBear Day!
This year's theme is "Wildlife Protection Starts with Appreciation". As a #KeystoneSpecies, these smallest #bears in the world are vital to the healthy functioning of their forest homes.
#DidYouKnow you can #HelpUs look after our sun bears by joining our Enrichment #Volunteer Program? You will support BOS Foundation's enrichment team hands-on, making enrichment items for orangutans and sun bears.
Explore volunteering details here:
experienceborneo.org/orangutan-volunteer-program
#saveorangutan #wildlifeconservation #strongertogether
2 days ago
Calling all #OrangutanJungleSchool fans and those who want to help our little #orphaned #orangutans continue to learn and thrive!
We need to build a new Orangutan Jungle School!
Please donate today! bit.ly/New-Orangutan-Jungle-School-FB
The old one is on government-owned land, which we must return one day. Therefore, the BOS Foundation has purchased land for a new #forestschool.
Now, we #Urgently need your #help to construct boardwalks, buildings for our human surrogate mothers, feeding platforms, an orangutan playground and overnight secure sleeping enclosures for the little students.
Please #supportus and #DonateToday to ensure the future of our unique Orangutan Jungle School - a beacon of hope in our mission to rehabilitate our rescued #baby orangutans!
Donate here: bit.ly/New-Orangutan-Jungle-School-FB
You can also make #TaxDeductible donations by
PayPal: bit.ly/BOSA-PayPal
or
Bank Deposit:
Account name: Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Australia Incorporated
Westpac account details are:
BSB: 033 112
Account number: 244334
#SaveOrangutans #eofy #endoffinancialyear #donatenow #conservation #love #nature
4 days ago
Happy #mothersday to all human and animal #mums and #mother figures!
We want to give a very special #shoutout to our surrogate mothers today.
Without their unwavering #love and #dedication, our #orphaned #orangutans in #OrangutanJungleSchool would never be able to recover from their trauma and return to #OrangutanFreedom. #thankyou!
#SaveOrangutans #StrongerTogether #conservation #nature
7 days ago
Great and hard work … they have hearts 💕 like you
Thank you for all the hard work you do.
God bless you!
Grazie per il vostro prezioso lavoro❤️
💕💐🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
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♡♡♡ trank you ♡♡♡
Awwwww
Our #sweet Meryl is one of the six #orangutans the BOS team in Indonesia will soon bring home to #OrangutanFreedom.
Let's take a trip down #memorylane and relive the joy and brilliance of Meryl's #OrangutanJungleSchool days!
#staytuned for updates on her release and a beautiful #opportunity to support our unique #forestschool.
#SaveOrangutans #love #nature #conservation #comingsoon
1 week ago
Beautiful beginning for a beautiful soul at last back where she belongs well don everyone got getting her this far in her journey xxx
I wish her and all the others a blessed journey in to their new home ===freedom
Congratulations sweet Meryl.
YEAY Meryl! So happy for you ❤️
Stay safe little one ❤️
Jessica McClure, I love to see their stories from when they arrived to when they go free ❤️❤️
This is how it should be helping them and setting free.
Yes
Hallo Patenkind, machs gut, hab viel Spass, lass Dich nicht unterkriegen🙏🏼🙏🏼
💕🎉🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
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❤️❤️❤️🦧
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It's happening again!
We are thrilled to share the fantastic #news that we will soon #release six more #orangutans into their true wild home in the Bornean rainforest!
Meet the release candidates here:
orangutans.com.au/news/candidates-44th-release
Stay tuned for this extraordinary journey to #OrangutanFreedom!
#SaveOrangutans #conservation #love #nature
1 week ago
Oh my gosh, Meryl and Jengyos! It is really wonderful to have gotten to know some of these amazing unique personalities through documentary series, and now to see the fruition of all the team's hard work with their release.
God Bless all of them and keep them safe and healthy as their wonderful journey begins soon.
I sponsored Meryl, she was my first and its so nice to see her have her freedom. Keep up the great work, these beautiful animals need all the help they can get and it's clear what you do pays huge benefits.
Their eyes are so human. You can almost know what they are thinking? Beautiful. Good luck with their new adventures.
❤️💙 they are wonderfull. The expression on their eyes, heart melting.
Definitely want to see their release, Beautiful Orangutans❤
We felt like we knew them while watching them during ORANGUTAN JUNGLE SCHOOL!! So proud seeing them graduate!! 🥰🥰
So pleased to have helped Meryl on her journey x
Such wonderful news!❤️
Exactly where they should be 🌳💗
Hallo Meryl(Patenkind), mach's gut🙏🏼. Ich hoffe auf freudige Nachrichten von Dir und allen Anderen😍. Viel Glück, genießt alle die Freiheit❤️🙏🏼
🎉🎉🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
❤️❤️❤️❤️🦧
Pauline Guyver
Love 🐒🐒🐒💞💞💞💞💞💞💞😽😽😽😽😽😽😽😽🇨🇿
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This #ThrowbackThursday, let's revisit when Bumi cleverly avoided walking to #OrangutanJungleSchool.😍
It's not surprising we share 97% of the same DNA with our intelligent red cousins.🦧
orangutans.com.au
#SaveOrangutans #conservation #nature #love
1 week ago
I give a ton of credit to all the Orangutans caregivers who have a lot of Love and patience teaching them about Orangutan life. I too would jump at an opportunity to help out the caregivers for a day! I have a hunch that I would Love it and at the same time feel quite exhausted at the end of their day but would still want to do it all over again!
I would love love LOVE just one chance to play with these amazing animals
I'm proud to share 97% of my DNA with these majestic creatures.
I just ADORE these orange babies they are soooo cute and know exactly what they want and how to get it ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I remember when he did that. He was always sweet and would get them to pick him up.
BOS you are so important to these beautiful orangutans!! Thank you for making an impact ✨️
I love orangutans 😍
Just like a Mother with kids who do not want to leave park
I wanna visit there one day.
I want that job!!🥰🙏🏻
My kids were like that !
Poor kid's going to think he was raised by aliens LOL
So adorable🤩
Smarty pants
Love it
GOD BLESS ❤️ PROTECT ❤️🦍🦍🦍🦍❤️🌍❤️🥰❤️
Beautiful thanks for sharing
Gorgeous 😍
Cuddling comes before walking x
Linda imagem ❤️👏
So cute so careing.
Azucena Cirilo Bumi ha vuelto!
😂😂👏👏👏😍😍😍mischief in the making 🫂🫂🥰🥰🥰
Rabi' IȚIC
The stakes are high for our little #orphans in #OrangutanJungleSchool.
They must learn to be wild #orangutans, mastering all the survival skills their mums could sadly never teach them, like nest building.
This is where BOS Foundation's #forestschool comes in - it's a crucial part of their rehabilitation process.
#staytuned to find out how you can #support our unique school program soon!🦧
#SaveOrangutans #love #nature #conservation
2 weeks ago
I think all of their caretakers are the best people on earth. Love to you all
Love jungle school, I always watch it on TV.
Fabulous they are so adorable 💖
Just come back from sepilok watching the babies was amazing
Oh I just want to snuggle these darlings!
They are so cute and adorable
Very intent & busy!😁❤❤❤
They just want to play. They'll catch on someday.
Beautiful
Obviously not an innate skill - not much nest building going on. 🤗
Beautiful to watch! Thanks for sharing! Xox
So cute
Adorable 👏 ❤️
Beautiful thanks for sharing
So very, very precious 💕
That’s me trying to fix up the fitted sheets
Grazie
Abbey Wright
Kenzie Fuller
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Alessandro Sicignano
