NEWS & EVENTS
NEWS
Welcome to Gunawan and Bobo
Welcome to Gunawan, a nine-month-old male orangutan, and Bobo, a six-month old, white-bearded gibbon! Both were rescued in April after being found in different villages, without any sign of their mothers, and reported to BKSDA (the local governmental conservation agency). You can read more about Gunawan’s rescue in our recent blog post.
ADIB RELEASED INTO THE WILD!
After eight years in the soft-release programme, we are delighted to announce that Adib has stared his next chapter in the wild! Having learnt all the skills necessary to survive independently, he was released into the protected Lamandau Wildlife Reserve in mid-May. Good luck, Adib!
A NEW ORANGUTAN BIRTH IN THE WILD!
Holahonalulu, a wild-born orangutan to an ex-captive individual, has given birth to her fourth offspring Hero! Hero was born in January 2025. The pair are healthy and doing well.
NEW GUARD POST CONSTRUCTED IN LAMANDAU WILDLIFE RESERVE!
Following illegal logging activities in the South of Lamandau Wildlife Reserve, we have constructed a new guard post together with BKSDA and the support of Ozone and Jenny Power. This will deter further encroachment in the area and improve habitat monitoring.
Lamandau Wildlife Reserve Bird list reaches 83 species!
Orangutan Foundation maintains the only bird list for Lamandau Wildlife Reserve, spotted by Dr. Wawan, the Foundation’s vet and keen birdwatcher. Verified by the bird watching community, the list has now reached 83 species including the critically endangered Storm’s stork and crested fireback. The list is an important resource to improve our knowledge of local bird species.
11 Rescued pythons released into Lamandau Wildlife Reserve!
BKSDA (the local governmental agency) released 11 rescued pythons into Lamandau Wildlife Reserve! Hunted for the use of their skin for luxury leather items, a total of 20 pythons have been rescued over the past year.
Boy released into the wild!
On November 24 2024, ten-year-old Boy was released from the soft-release programme into his new life in the wild! After eight years in our care, the young male was finally ready for his independent chapter, equipped with all the skills he will need to survive alone. We wish him well! Read more about Boy’s release!
BRIAN MATTHEWS ORANGUTAN PRINT
To celebrate Orange for Orangutan Day, we released a special-edition signed print by award-winning wildlife photographer Brian Matthews. Brian took this photo on a trip to Lamandau Wildlife Reserve. Head to the store to purchase!
Face to Face: With the Great Apes
In 60 fascinating photo portraits, the two nature photographers, Anup Shah and Fiona Rogers, show chimpanzees, gorillas, orangutans, and bonobos in close-ups taken in the animals' natural environment. For this, the renowned and multi-award-winning wildlife photographers lived together with the apes in the jungle for a long time and built up an intimate relationship of trust. Only in this way was it possible to capture these intimate portraits of the wild animals.
UPCOMING EVENTS
sponsor an acre appeal 2025
12 - 19 AUGUST 2025
For just £2 you can sponsor one acre of critical tropical forest habitat! Join us in our week of fundraising and receive a personalised certificate of sponsorship. Donations will support the reforestation of Lamandau Wildlife Reserve, a critical habitat for the Bornean orangutan. Save the date!
PAST EVENTS
BIG GIVE GREEN MATCH FUND 2025
22 - 29 APRIL 2025
The Green Match Fund is an annual week-long appeal for climate-focused campaigns. All donations made towards our campaign ‘Empowering Indonesia’s Youth for Climate Change’ were doubled by The Reed Foundation, raising a total of £9,072 for an educational programme on climate change - 113% of our target! The programme will be delivered to youth clubs, schools and universities.
BIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE
3 - 10 DECEMBER 2024
Our campaign ‘To Prevent Human-Orangutan Conflict’ raised a total of £34,462.75 with all donations doubled by The Reed Foundation! Funds will support workshops to raise awareness of the correct response to displaced orangutans and orangutan rescues.
ORANGUTAN CARING WEEK
10 - 16 November 2024
Orangutan Caring Week is a chance to collectively recognise the need for orangutan conservation. This year’s theme is ‘Orangutans Leading the Way: One Planet, One Future’.
Image Credit: Andrea Monyeaux
SPONSOR AN ACRE APPEAL
12 - 19 August 2024
Your support sponsored a total of 2,851 acres of tropical rainforest habitat! Thank you for celebrating International Orangutan Day on the 19th August with us in this way. This appeal sponsors our Reforestation and Habitat Protection programmes.
Drone image of Lamandau Wildlife Reserve
Orangutans are a semi-solitary species, rarely interacting as adults. But wild orangutan Sony has been seen helping his younger brother navigate the canopies whilst their mother is not around - an extremely unusual interaction!