Dr Jamartin Sihite – 2015 GRASP Ian Redmond Conservation Award
14 August 2015
BOS Foundation CEO, Dr. Jamartin Sihite, has received the GRASP – Ian Redmond Conservation Award in Kinabalu, Malaysia.
Recent News
Recent News
Our Primate Family – Exclusive signed copies
July 2015
Exclusive to BOSA Supporters - Lou has agreed to sign a limited number of books and we are now delighted to offer signed copies of Our Primate Family via BOSA merchandise storefor $30 plus postage.
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.
Fifteen orangutans await your help
June 2015
Dr.Jamartin Sihite, CEO of the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation appeals for BOS Australia to help raise $75,000 by the end of June so that we will be able to release another 15 orangutans back to the wild.
Visit Samboja with Lou Grossfeldt
19th December2015
Join our VP Lou Grossfeldt and Primate Keeper, Janet Lackey, who will both be in Borneo at the Samboja Lestari Lodge from 10th to the 24th of February 2016 working on the ongoing behavioural enrichment project for the non releasable Orangutans.
BOS Foundation transforms part of Salat Island
23 May 2015
In trying to meet the goals specified in the Indonesian Orangutan Conservation Strategy and Action Plan (2007), the BOS Foundation with the support of the local community is trying to utilise a small part of Salat Nusa island located in the estuary of Kahayan River as an orangutan conservation area, as well as to protect environmental services rendered by this essential ecosystem.
Hope for the disappearing Borneo orangutans
Jacqui Sunderland-Groves is a primatologist and Senior Advisor at the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation in Indonesia, and joins Ellen Fanning on RN Breakfast.
Save the date and join in the Celebration Tour…
A Celebration of 3 years of Orangutans releases. 167 free and 600 more to go. Dr Jamartin Sihite, CEO of BOS Indonesia (pictured) shared his joyous stories and footage of new freedoms and discussed BOS Indonesia’s... View Article
Challenges of orangutan release
26 March 2015
In 2007, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, launched a national program called “Orangutan Indonesia: Conservation Strategies and Action Plan”. This program was designed by orangutan experts and outlined a series of actions and strategies needed to protect orangutans in Sumatra and Kalimantan over a 10 year period, circa 2010 to 2017.
Journey to freedom
5 March 2015
The BOS Foundation released five orangutans in the Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest, Central Kalimantan, this February.
Updates from Nyaru Menteng
20 February 2015
Reintroduction program update from Nyaru Menteng.
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.
Is Conservation Guerrilla Warfare Dead, or Just Turned Corporate?
13 February 2015, The Jakarta Globe
With pretty small financial means, conservation has won many such battles. The conservation movement has also been successful to get conservation principles onto the political agendas, into mainstream media, and into public discourse.
Reflections on a year of following and photographing orangutans
3 February 2015
After spending a year studying orangutans with NG Explorer Dr. Cheryl Knott, Robert Rodriguez Suro is returning to Indonesia to commence his own National Geographic Young Explorers Grant project.
Lesly, the Forest School Drama Queen
5 February 2015
At the Orangutan Forest School in Samboja Lestari the young orangutans all display individual traits. Of all these students Lesly stands out as the smart one who loves attention.
Waang Laas is back in his forest home
29th January 2015
This January the BOS Foundation and RHOI was fortunate enough to be able to yet again save another orangutan from being harmed and translocate him to a safe area of forest.
It’s Summer Ginge ’15 time
GINGERary and Summer Ginge '15 is back on 27th February! Its organiser, R.A.N.G.A. (Red and Nearly Ginger Association) exists to represent the interests of ginger primates everywhere and over the years has raised money for one particularly special group, the orangutans.
Orangutan’s horrific death underscores need for brands to use certified palm oil
12 December 2014
The world's largest orangutan rescue organization, Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF) reported the horrific killing of a female orangutan this month. She was found in a palm oil plantation that belonged to a subsidiary of the Makin Group of Indonesia.
Message from BOS Foundation
December 2014
Over the past six months or so our teams have been busy evaluating our orangutans’ progress, carrying capacity, conditions at our release sites and future planning for our reintroduction programs in both Central and East Kalimantan.
Palm oil continues to destroy Indonesia’s wildlife
12 November 2014
How do the products we buy affect the world’s rainforests? In the lead up to the Asia-Pacific Rainforest Summit held in Sydney this week, The Conversation is running a series on rainforest commodities.
Project Orangutan – The Exhibition
November 2014-December 2014
Project Orang-utan – The Exhibition (at Berrima and Sydney), by Jessica Warwick, is a Fundraising Art Exhibition featuring artists from Australia wide with the intention to raise awareness and to raise much needed funding for the International Animal Rescue Orang-utan Rehabilitation Centre in Ketapang, Indonesian Borneo.
Congratulations to Teisha
Congratulations to Teisha and thankyou to your wedding guests for their generosity October 2014 BOS Australia is delighted to congratulate Teisha and Darren on their recent marriage Teisha is one of BOSA ambassadors. She is founder... View Article
Our Ambassadors
Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Australia celebrity ambassador partnerships Borneo Orangutan Survival Australia (BOS) is proud to announce its celebrity ambassador partnerships. The ambassadors include actress Linda Cropper (Offspring, Network Ten) and Teisha Lowry (Australian model and... View Article
Orangutan Awareness Day
November 2014
Orangutan Awareness Day, Saturday 15th November
Shannon Reserve Surry Hills: 10.30am - 4.00pm.
Come and say hello to Lou Grossfeldt, BOS Vice President.
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.
Palm Oil Policy
BOSA’s overarching objective is protect Orangutans and to stop deforestation as a result of palm oil plantations in South East Asia. We wish to achieve this objective through the following strategies: 1)Inform and mobilise the Australian... View Article
Endangered orangutans gain from eco-friendly shifts in palm oil market
9 October, 2014
Oil palm plantations are a major threat to orangutans, but new initiatives for deforestation-free palm oil may help save them.
Update on our Reintroduction Programs – Challenges in the field
October 2014
The success of the BOS Foundation's orangutan reintroduction programs, which recommenced in February 2012, has been an amazing journey for all of us.
Cruelty Free Festival, Sydney 2014
Head over to Alexandria on Sunday 26 October and visit our BOS Australia stall, C3. Celebrate all things animal-friendly by attending the exciting fun-filled fusion of food, fashion, entertainment, art, shopping, networking, talks and demonstrations. View... View Article
Forest Chatter Newsletter Sept14
September 2014
Our latest Forest Chatter newsletter is now available for you to download
Palm oil giants announce deforestation moratorium — effective immediately
20 September 2014
Five of the world's largest palm oil producers have announced an immediate moratorium on palm oil sourced via clearance of potential high carbon stock forests.
10 Outstanding organisations working to save endangered orangutans
16 September 2014
The orangutan population is disappearing more quickly than you could probably read this sentence.
The human age: The world shaped by us
20 September 2014
On a blue-sky day at the Toronto zoo, flocks of children squired by teachers and parents mingle excitedly between exhibits.
#SupportLittleRURU
August 2014
RURU is really looking forward to starting her new life but needs your support. SMS RURU to 0467 000 273 to donate $5.
Save Gutan initiative launched this week
20th August 2014
Aware Environmental has kicked off its “Save Gutan” campaign this week launching the website www.savegutan.com.au to raise knowledge on the palm oil issue. People can help save Gutan in three ways : Learn, Act and Give.
Story of little Tundai
5th August 2014
The sad reality of each young orangutan who enters our rehabilitation centers is that they come from having lived through a bitter past; usually having been separated from their mother at a very young age and little Tundai is no different.