18 April 2013
Bumitama Gunajaya Agro (BGA), a palm oil company, have completely destroyed the rainforest for miles around in this area of Borneo, Indonesia. Sitting on top of what is left of the last tree, an orangutan looks helplessly on.
21 April 2013
View the story of the rescue of orangutan Lou and her progress at the BOS Foundation sanctuary.
3 April 2013
The much-touted new deforestation policy of controversial paper giant Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) will save almost no forests in its main base of operations, Sumatra, Indonesia, a new report by NGO coalition Eyes on the Forest has concluded.
26 March 2013
Palm oil is the most widely produced edible oil in the world, but its use is increasingly coming under fire from environmental activists and concerned consumers.
March 2013
In February Vice President of BOS Australia, Louise Grossfeldt travelled to our Nyaru Menteng sanctuary and worked with keepers and technicians to help develop a range of enrichment strategies.
Enrichment programs are vital for captive orangutans as they teach them how to forage for food, build, modify and use tools, increase agility and develop skills to survive in the wild.
28th February 2013
Since 2009, companies have announced new oil palm plantation projects in the Congo Basin covering a total area of 1.6 million hectares. Projects currently underway cover 500,000 hectares. A new report by Rainforest Foundation UK warns that vast areas of the Congo Basin forests are potentially threatened by the expansion of oil palm plantations.
22 February 2013
Freedom… It is one of our most fundamental and precious privileges. Yet is something we so much take for granted.
February 2013
Last September in Nyaru Menteng, BOS Germany had an interview with Ahmat Suyoko, Post-Release Monitoring Coordinator, concerning the first releases and life in the monitoring camp.
18 January 2013
BOS Australia President, Tony Gilding said "An important new paper was released just before Christmas. It was co-authored by no less than five staff members of Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation as well as other eminent scientists."
15 January 2013
Concerned about the fast degradation of the environment in East Kalimantan due to the high number of plantation concessions issued, the provincial administration plans to issue a moratorium on new palm oil plantations starting this year, an official said on Monday.
15 January 2013
Nearly a third of all orangutans left in the wild can be found within logging concessions in Indonesia, according to a new study by the Center for International Forest Research, which says designation of these areas for conservation could help save the endangered apes from extinction - while at the same time protecting forests.
21 December 2012
We are delighted to announce that Astrid delivered a beautiful baby this month in the Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest.
21 November 2012
On the journey back to Nyaru Menteng from reintroducing 21 orangutans into natural habitat, Program Manager Anton Nurcahyo received a call from Chanee of the Kalaweit Foundation to inform us that yet another orangutan needed our help.
19 November 2012
They may not take up surfing or start second careers as cupcake-makers, but chimpanzees and orangutans seem to go through a ‘mid-life crisis’, just like humans.
12 November 2012
According to new research led by an LJMU conservation scientist, one of our closest cousins, the Bornean orang-utan, is facing extinction.
2 November 2012
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has often been met with resistance, suspicion and lack of government support in Indonesia since its establishment in 2001.
30 October 2012
By the end of 2015 all palm oil used in central UK Government food and catering services will come from environmentally friendly sources, Environment Minister Richard Benyon announced today.
12 October 2012
After a two-year break Lone Dröscher Nielsen returns to Borneo to meet the orangutans and the centre she founded 13 years ago.
Orangutan Protection Foundation: 12 October 2012 Lone and Leonora get reacquainted After a two-year break Lone Dröscher Nielsen returns to Borneo to meet the orangutans and the centre she founded 13 years ago. The time we... View Article
20 October 2012
Radio National's Geraldine Doogue speaks to Anton Nurcahyo and Simon Husson from BOS Foundation about the release program.
19 October 2012
On Thursday October 18, 2012, the Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation was requested by the East Kalimantan Conservation and Natural Resources Authority (BKSDA) to provide medical services, health checks and blood sampling at the East Kalimantan BKSDA Office in Samarinda for one adult female orangutan who had just been rescued by BKSDA.
19 October 2012
Three orangutans formerly kept as pets have been handed over by the East Kalimantan Natural Conservancy Office to the Samboja Lestari orangutan rehabilitation center on Thursday.
16 October 2012
Animal conservation workers are hoping they've made a major breakthrough in the fight to save the endangered Borneo orangutan.
16 October 2012
BOS Foundation's Simon Husson speaks to Today.
7 October 2012
Expanding production of palm oil, a common ingredient in processed foods, soaps and personal care products, is driving rainforest destruction and massive carbon dioxide emissions, according to a new study led by researchers at Stanford and Yale universities.
28 September 2012
ORANG-UTAN School is about to say goodbye to another 20 graduates.
Sunday, 2nd September 2012
If you’re looking to surprise your Dad with a gift this Fathers’ Day that isn’t the proverbial sock, tie and T-shirt combo, why not give him a gift that truly keeps on giving by adopting an orphaned baby orangutan from Borneo Orangutan Survival.
Your Company can make a difference to the orangutans this Christmas. To order your Corporate Christmas Cards online this year simply visit our unique page at Charity Greeting Cards. or type https://www.orangutans.co.nz/409 in your address bar.... View Article
19th August 2012
They're better known as stealthy killing machines to take out suspected terrorists with pinpoint accuracy.
Sunday August 26th
Come along and support BOS Australia at Warringah's 2012 annual Dogs Big Day Out, Frenchs Forest Showground, Blackbutt Rd, Frenchs Forest
It will be a fun day for the whole family.
10 August 2012
Last month, the world-first release of two endangered orangutans, rehabilitated by humans, took place in a protected Indonesian reserve with help from Australian animal welfare organisation, Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Australia.
8 August 2012
In an effort to meet the target that set by the Indonesian Orangutan Conservation Action Plan 2007-2017, BOS Foundation in Nyaru Menteng will release 8 orangutans, following 15 orangutans that have been released previously.
25 July 2012
A campaign run by environmental activists has helped lead to a 87 percent reduction in palm oil use by eight major food companies in Norway, reports Rainforest Foundation Norway, which led the effort.
23 July 2012
Indonesia and Malaysia lost more than 11 million hectares (42,470 square miles) of forest between 2000 and 2010, according to a study published last year in the journal Global Change Biology.
17 July 2012
The heat of the sun never dissuades the BOS Foundation's animal care technicians and never stops them from doing their activities.
17 July 2012
Sue who was previously known as Cheryl is a clever and playful orangutan.