In Forest School, orangutans form close bonds with their surrogate mothers, especially the littlies in the Nursery Group. They will even sleep in the company of their babysitters, who cater to the youngsters’ needs around the... View Article
The votes are in, and we cannot be happier. We have been awarded an Australian Ethical Community Grant. Thank you so much to everyone who voted for us! With the money, we can release four more... View Article
If you have watched Orangutan Jungle School on STAN, you are familiar with the funny, exciting and heartbreaking stories that happen to our little students while in class. Our dedicated babysitters can tell so many stories... View Article
Yesterday, on the 19th of August, we painted our social media red. And we had a blast. The global webinar to celebrate our red cousins was a full success. The whole BOS partner network was in... View Article
We have great news from pre-release island #8 at our Samboja Lestari rehabilitation centre in East Kalimantan. Not long ago, vets and technicians decided to transfer six additional orangutans to the three hectares large sanctuary. With... View Article
We would love to celebrate International Orangutan Day with you on August the 19th and invite you to join us for our free Global Webinar! We already have a lot of interviews and videos locked it with... View Article
We are proud to announce that our mother organization, the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation, and their CEO Jamartin Sihite have received a ‘2020 Pongo Environmental Award’ from the Orangutan Republik Foundation. Every year, the awards recognize... View Article
The Kehje Sewen Forest, our release site in East Kalimantan, is a secondary forest rich in natural resources, including many different foods for our released orangutans. Their typical diet includes a variety of fruits and leaves,... View Article
Orangutans and humans are eerily similar. They share 97 per cent of the same DNA, have unique fingerprints, rely on multi-colour and binocular vision, are pregnant for nine months, curious, playful – and form close social... View Article
We are now in the fourth month since we closed both our rehabilitation centres in Borneo to visitors, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Over this time, we have remained committed to providing the best care... View Article
DONATE NOW COVID-19 poses a very real threat to the orangutans in our sanctuaries but we are dedicated to continuing the fight. Our friends at EthicalJobs.com.au are going to help us by matching your gift! Due... View Article
We are currently facing a crisis like no other and during this very trying time our thoughts and condolences go to those that have been affected by the virus. While it feels like there is only time... View Article
Alba, the Albino Orangutan thrives in Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park. Central Kalimantan, 28 February 2020 Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation recently released three more rehabilitated Bornean orangutans. Immediately following their release, the three orangutans were... View Article
Please watch this short video for a brief outline of our achievements for 2019 in the rescue release and rehabilitation of Orangutans under our care in Borneo. Thank you for your support.
Recently, Indonesia declared a state of emergency. On the island of Sumatra and in the province of Kalimantan, Borneo, firefighters are working tirelessly to keep the forest fires back. So far, the devastation is not as... View Article
The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation, in cooperation with the East Kalimantan BKSDA, has successfully released another six orangutans from the Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre and into the Kehje Sewen Forest. These orangutans were freed... View Article
The joint team from the Bontang Natural Resource Conservation Agency(BKSDA), East Kalimantan,and the staff from Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre at Samboja Lestari recently rescued a pair of mother-infant orangutan. A 20... View Article
BOS Foundation together with government and private sector partners has officially opened Badak Kecil Island Orangutan Sanctuary, located on one of the islands in the Salat Nusa island cluster, in Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan. The... View Article
It was a clear morning when Usup, Lung, Fikar, and Remi – members of our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Nles Mamse Camp – recently headed into the Kehje Sewen Forest to patrol Transect 9 in... View Article
Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Camp Nles Mamse in the Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan, has been busy conducting follow-up observations on six recently-released orangutans. We are delighted to report that all six orangutans –... View Article
Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team was recently conducting a routine patrol in the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park, Central Kalimantan, when a strong signal was detected from Janu, a 9-year-old male released in February 2017.... View Article
Growing up can be hard – especially when the time comes to leave home! For most modern-day humans, this means finding a job to financially support oneself, and a new place to live. For orangutans, this... View Article
Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Nles Mamse Camp has been carefully observing the six newest residents of the Kehje Sewen Forest since their release on August 28. The six orangutans were released to the forest... View Article
Our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Nles Mamse Camp in the Kehje Sewen Forest is happy to report that Choki, an orangutan released in June this year, is adapting well to her new life in the... View Article
Our Post-Release Monitoring team from Camp Totat Jalu in the Bukit Batikap Protection Forest, Central Kalimantan, undertakes many tasks in addition to collecting behavioural data on reintroduced orangutans. Team members help maintain and make repairs to... View Article
On August 28, 2018, the BOS Foundation released six more orangutans from the Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation and Reintroduction Centre to the Kehje Sewen Forest, in East Kalimantan. With this release, we also welcome International Primate Day,... View Article
The AGM will be held on Monday 15th October at 6.00pm at: The RAN Sailing Club, Sir David Martin Reserve/1C New Beach Rd, Darling Point NSW 2027 Members are invited to attend and also participate... View Article
A few days ago, our PRM team from Nles Mamse Camp conducted a routine orangutan patrol in the Kehje Sewen Forest, and located Agus and Bong, two rehabilitated orangutans that were released in October 2013 and... View Article
In commemorating Indonesia’s 73rd year of independence, and forging on with the #OrangutanFreedom campaign, the BOS Foundation has released another 10 orangutans from the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Center to the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National... View Article
A few days ago, our PRM team from Camp Lesik in the northern part of the Kehje Sewen Forest, East Kalimantan, patrolled the area adjacent to a local settlement known as ‘Pelangsiran’ (the ‘settlement of local... View Article
A few weeks ago, our post-release monitoring (PRM) team in Central Kalimantan’s Bukit Batikap Protection Forest set out to find and observe Meklies and her newborn, Matahari. Our Totat Jalu Camp team had named the baby... View Article
Years spent in a rehabilitation center together can build an undeniable bond among some of our released orangutans; as is the case with Cheryl and Erina. These two females were released to East Kalimantan’s Kehje Sewen... View Article
When watching orangutans in nature documentaries, it is easy to imagine them as graceful rulers of the canopy; to whom climbing and brachiating through the trees is as natural and simple as breathing. This, however, would... View Article
Topan was handed over to the BOS Foundation by the Central Kalimantan BKSDA on October 13, 2017. She was only 8 months old when she was rescued from Sigi Village, Pulang Pisau Regency, Central Kalimantan, where... View Article
Fires have again ravaged Central Kalimantan’s peat forests, the largest such burning since the devastating forest-fire disaster of 2015. Staff from Central Kalimantan’s Mawas Conservation Program were once again on the front line, facing intense heat... View Article
The #OrangutanFreedom campaign is still going strong, with the BOS Foundation releasing 13 more orangutans to the Bukit Baka Bukit Raya National Park (Taman Nasional Bukit Baka Bukit Raya; TNBBBR) in Central Kalimantan. The group of... View Article