Nestle and M&S commit to sustainable palm oil
28 October 2009
Global food giant Nestle has announced its commitment to using only Certified Sustainable Palm Oil by 2015, the year when it said sufficient quantities were expected to be available.
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Gingerary and Summer Ginge 2014
Help R.A.N.G.A celebrate the end of GINGERary at SUMMERGINGE 2014
February 2014
Come and party with R.A.N.G.A and a room full of natural & wannabe rangas whilst raising money for BOS Australia- Summer Ginge 2014
Topan
Topan was eight months old when she arrived at our Nyaru Menteng sanctuary. Local villagers had found her weak and alone by a riverbank. The BOS medical team was extremely concerned about Topan’s health, weighing only... View Article
Don’t trust the web
25 December 2011
Solaris Paper Pty Ltd, which supplies the Australian market with private label tissue products, is an Australian operated and managed affiliate of Asia Pulp & Paper Group (APP), a brand umbrella for paper products manufactured by a number of mills in Indonesia. Things got nasty recently when its tussle with Greenpeace over sourcing of rainforest timber became public.
New orangutan population found in Indonesia
12 April 2009
Conservationists have discovered a new population of orangutans in a remote, mountainous corner of Indonesia — perhaps as many as 2,000 — giving a rare boost to one of the world's most critically endangered great apes.
Choki and Friends Take Released Orangutan Total to 345
This week, BOS Foundation worked in cooperation with the East Kalimantan BKSDA to release five more orangutans to the Kehje Sewen Forest, in East Kalimantan. This brought the number of orangutans released to the Kehje Sewen... View Article
Illegal palm oil from forest taints household brands
11 December 2009
A company that produces many of Britain’s best-known household brands has been exposed as contributing to the destruction of rainforests by buying thousands of tonnes of illegal palm oil.
Urgent action needed over Sumatran peat forest logging
20 October 2008
The Tripa area of peat swamp forest is being logged to make way for new palm oil plantations and the effects will have dire consequences for the people and wildlife that live there.
Jelapat
Jelapat was being kept in a village in Central Kalimantan when BOS Foundation rescued him at the age of 1.5 years in June 2016. A resident had found him six months earlier, alone and weak, by... View Article
Zoos join fight to save endangered orangutans
3 August 2011
The Federal Parliament is under increasing pressure to take action against the shrinking jungles in South East Asia, which are inhabited by endangered orangutans.
UK: Supermarket comes to aid of rainforest with palm oil ban
UK: Supermarket comes to aid of rainforest with palm oil ban Date Published: November 21, 2007 Source: Guardian Unlimited Sainsburys has announced a ban on an ingredient used in tens of thousands of its products that is blamed for the destruction of...
Topan Making All The Right Moves
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
Doren returns home
17 October 2014
Two months after one of our beautiful female orangutans, Doren, disappeared, the team at Nyaru Menteng were delighted to find her by Rungan river near Kanarakan Village, which is more than 30kms away from where she was last sighted on Bangamat Island.
Eye Surgery for Jeje
Most of the orangutans that end up at our rehabilitation centres arrive in poor health, with some suffering from severe diseases or disorders that require special care or treatment. Jeje is one of them. He was... View Article
URGENT – send a message to Woolworths!
Woolworths has reduced the use of palm oil in its Select range food products and has committed to working through the Homebrand range. However it admits to challenges in removing palm oil including performance attributes of alternatives, nutritional issues and increased costs.
It is now about to review its policy. Make sure Woolworths knows your opinion.
Greenpeace takes shot at Sinar Mas Pulp & Paper
21 December 2009
A day after Indonesian officials at the UN Climate talks praised PT Sinar Mas, the country's largest palm oil producer, for its sustainable operations, international conservation group Greenpeace took another swing at Sinar Mas, this time taking aim at its pulp and paper arm.
Finally, KFC opts for the good oil
16 June 2009
The nation's most recalcitrant fast food chain has capitulated. Yum! Restaurants, makers of KFC, will ditch its artery- clogging palm oil for a healthier alternative, two years after the company stared down the Federal Government and refused to change its ways.
Indonesian fires: forget the orangutans, is this the tipping point for climate change?
5 November 2015
The fires have driven the concentration of carbon in the atmosphere to levels not seen in two million years, experts say
Our Primate Family: Life with the Sydney chimpanzees of Taronga Zoo
27 June 2015
VETERAN zookeeper Lou Grossfeldt looks across Taronga Zoo’s chimpanzee exhibit and sees more than a community of primates, capering and cavorting with abandon.
Wild at Heart
July 2009
Separated from land by rivers, the large red orangutans of Samboja Lestari forest park, East Kalimantan, are completely off-limits to humans.
Indonesian forest people condemn climate scheme
22 June 2011
Indigenous peoples of Indonesian Borneo on Wednesday demanded a halt to internationally backed forest conservation schemes, saying they are trampling their rights and robbing their lands.
Long trek with breathtaking views
According to forest researcher Dr Sven Wunder, forest environmental services and conservation areas are generally divided into four categories: carbon sequestration and storage, biodiversity protection, watershed protection, and landscape beauty. In terms of its landscape beauty,... View Article
Environmentalists welcome Sinar Mas rainforest pledge
21 February 2011
Environmentalists and the government have welcomed a pledge by Indonesia's largest palm oil producer to follow new standards to protect carbon-rich forests and peat land.
Genome sequenced: orangutan DNA more diverse than human’s
29 January 2011
Among great apes, orangutans are humans' most distant cousins. These tree dwellers sport a coat of fine reddish hair and have long been endangered in their native habitats in the rainforests of Sumatra and Bor
BAIMAH’S DIET CHECK-IN
Baimah arrived at the Samboja Lestari Orangutan Rehabilitation Centre in September 2022. At 15 kilograms, she was severely overweight for a two-year-old orangutan. Find out how she has improved. Before her rescue, a local villager had... View Article
Time is running out for orangutans
21 December 2009
The world has less than 20 years left to save the orangutan, according to conservationists who predict the charismatic red ape will become extinct if no action is taken to protect its jungle habitat.
First RSPO certified palm oil shipment to arrive in Europe
10 November 2008
The first shipment of palm oil certified under the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is expected to arrive in Europe Tuesday, but an environmental group is already criticizing the initiative's credentials.
Togar (Mister cigar)
Togar (Mister cigar) A little about Togar (Mister cigar) Togar was confiscated in Pontianak in West Kalimantan and arrived at Nyaru Menteng in November 2001. He was approximately 2 years old, skinny and longlimbed. His hair would be a hairdressers...
Bong and Hamzah – Part 2
Two weeks ago, we reported that Hamzah sadly had to part ways with Bong, who we had to transfer to Muara Soh. After we moved Bong, Hamzah appeared displeased, and he disappeared into the forest as... View Article
Decoding the long calls of the orangutan
10 March 2010
Research into the long calls of male Orangutans in Borneo has given scientists new insight into how these solitary apes communicate through dense jungle.
Primate-Change Dateline feature
Sunday 25th April 2010
Dateline Current Affairs program on SBS TV ran a piece on the orang-utans in Borneo and the threat from palm oil plantations.
Imported biofuel a risk to wildlife
28 January 2009
AUSTRALIA is contributing directly to the widespread destruction of tropical rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia by importing millions of tonnes of taxpayer-subsidised biodiesel made from palm oil.
Taught how to be wild
19 June 2012 The Northern Star
Tony Gilding has described the emotional moment when he witnessed the world-first release of two endangered orangutans into the wild during his recent trip to Indonesia.
Vegan Policy
BOS Australia Vegan Policy BOS Australia promotes a vegan lifestyle. As an orangutan conservation organisation, we are deeply committed to protecting orangutans and working towards saving them from the brink of extinction. However, our dedication extends... View Article
Camp Total Jalu Hit by Big Flood Yet
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
Saving Meryl
13 February 2015
This is a story about BOS vet Meryl meeting Meryl the orangutan, the first Nyaru Menteng rescue of the year.
