ORANGUTAN FOUNDATION IS CELEBRATING 35 YEARS!
Founded in 1990, the Orangutan Foundation began in a small bedroom in London. With your support, this year we are celebrating 35 years of protecting the future of orangutans, forests and people.
A look at some of our achievements together…
ORANGUTANS
4 camps for post-release orangutan monitoring
33 orphaned orangutans cared for and returned to the wild
100+ orangutans born in the wild
290+ orangutans rescued and translocated into the wild
1,000+ orangutan health checks conducted
FORESTS
12 guard posts in operation
264,600+ trees planted into degraded forest
100,000+ hectares of tropical forest actively protected
100+ firefighting and integrated patrol operations carried out
20+ years of wildlife research
127 wildlife species recorded from camera traps and direct encounters
5 priority animal species monitored each year: orangutans, proboscis monkeys, tarsiers, saltwater and false gharial crocodiles
820,000+ hectares of forest outside of protected areas surveyed for orangutans
PEOPLE
50+ research grants provided for students
29 educational activities for kindergarten to high school students reaching 2,111 young people
Visitors from 69 countries have visited the Tanjung Harapan Information Centre in Tanjung Puting National Park
20 conservation training sessions conducted
20+ villages involved in human–orangutan conflict mitigation