We are working hard to protect the Bornean orangutan and its habitat for future generations. Here are some of the ways we've helped develop a world where orangutans and nature thrive.
Who could forget sweet Ayu, the daughter of Lesan and, probably, Hamzah, who was born in the Kehje Sewen Forest in 2016. Just as she is developing new skills and showing more positive progress, we have news that Ayu will soon become a big sister!
As semi-solitary individuals, orangutans are known to form close social relationships from time to time, even in the wild. Recently, we published a story titled ‘An Orangutan “Party”’, which described how orangutans spend time together in the forest.
Ayu, a 6-year-old female orangutan, was born in the wild to rehabilitated orangutans, Lesan and Hamzah (presumed), who were both released in the Kehje Sewen Forest a decade ago.
In early September of last year, our monitoring team conducted nest-to-nest observations on Desi, a female orangutan residing on Juq Kehje Swen Island. The team, consisting of Aluna, Ubay, Rustam, and Erik, had been preparing since the morning to...
On a fine day in mid-June, our Post-Release Monitoring (PRM) team from Camp Nles Mamse in the Kehje Sewen Forest of East Kalimantan, headed out to conduct a routine orangutan monitoring patrol...
