The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) has released ten rehabilitated orangutans into the wild. They are the first releases the BOSF has been able to carry out since the Covid-19 pandemic began. […]
A Bornean orangutan named Alba, who is believed to be the only albino orangutan alive in the world, is thriving in the rainforest where she was released more than a year ago. […]
Three infant orangutans who were confiscated during an alleged attempt to smuggle them from Indonesia to Malaysia are now being cared for at the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme’s quarantine and rehabilitation centre. […]
An orangutan who was rescued from an oil palm plantation in Indonesia, and was found with 74 air rifle wounds, blinded eyes, and fractured bones, underwent surgery yesterday (Sunday) to repair her […]
This article has been updated with news of Alba one month after her release. A Bornean orangutan named Alba, who is believed to be the only albino orangutan alive in the world, […]
This article has been updated with details and photos of the successful release of Alba and Kika. A Bornean orangutan named Alba, who is believed to be the only albino orangutan alive […]
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee¹ has again voted to keep the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (TRHS) in Indonesia on the List of World Heritage In Danger. At its 42nd session, taking place […]
An Indonesian palm oil company that was fined the equivalent of 30 million US$ for illegally burning a vast area of peat swamp forest in Aceh has been granted “legal protection” by […]
The number of orangutans on the Southeast Asian island of Borneo plummeted between 1999 and 2015, according to a new report. The population decreased by more than 140,000 over the period, scientists […]
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) is appealing for funds to create a forest island for an albino orangutan rescued in April. The primate, who has been named Alba, is believed to […]
It’s International Orangutan Day today (Saturday) and events have been organised around the world to raise awareness about the plight of the now critically endangered primate, whose DNA is 97 percent the […]
Over the past week, a team from the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) in Sumatra has rescued six orangutans from oil palm and rubber plantations. The first of the rescues was on July […]
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has voted unanimously to keep the Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (TRHS) on the List of World Heritage In Danger. At its 41st session, taking place this week […]
A consortium of NGOs is calling on UNESCO to intervene urgently to protect the rainforest World Heritage Site in northern Sumatra in Indonesia. The Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra (TRHS) site has […]
Environmental groups in Indonesia have called on the country’s forestry and environment ministry to reject plans to construct a geothermal plant in one of the world’s most precious areas of rainforest. A […]
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil’s decision to reinstate its certification of the Malaysian company IOI has been fiercely criticised by NGOs and others concerned about environmental protection and human rights. There […]
After two months attempting to rescue a young male orangutan in the province of Aceh in Indonesia, a team from the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) – along with the wildlife trade monitoring […]
A new policy brief published today (Thursday) by Wetlands International and Tropenbos International rejects claims that the drainage of peatlands for plantations can be sustainable. In the new report, the two organisations call […]
A new Greenpeace report says the impact of deforestation and peatland drainage on palm oil concessions owned by the Malaysian company IOI far exceeds that referred to in the complaint to the […]
A team from the Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) in Medan, Indonesia, has conducted yet another dramatic rescue – in Kabanjahe, North Sumatra. The orangutan they have just saved is a 20-year-old male, […]
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