NEWS & EVENTS
NEWS
Orangutan Foundation is celebrating 35 years!
We are celebrating 35 years of Orangutan Foundation! Visit the anniversary page to watch the video and see the difference we have made together in numbers.
WELCOME TO EPENG!
Epeng, around twelve months old, was handed over by his owners after being kept as a pet. He is already settled in well to the soft-release programme, climbing and even foraging!
TWO ORANGUTAN BIRTHS!
Ex-captive Acuy and her eldest offspring Amina have both given birth to two females! All four are healthy and being monitored by our team.
Ian Wood Prints
A variety of prints for sale by friend, supporter, and award-winning photographer Ian Wood. 25% of orangutan print sales are donated towards Orangutan Foundation’s conservation programmes.
by Ian Wood
Ian Wood trips
For the past 15 years, award-winning photographer Ian Wood has been running photography trips to see orangutans in Borneo’s tropical forests with contributions to Orangutan Foundation. Find out more via Ian’s website.
by Ian Wood
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!
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 86 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 86 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.
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
ORANGE FOR ORANGUTAN 2025
12 November
Join us in wearing Orange for Orangutan Day! It’s a day to gather your friends, family, or work colleagues together and show how much you care about orangutans by hosting your own event and have everyone wear as much orange as possible!
PAST EVENTS
SPONSOR AN ACRE APPEAL 2025
12 - 19 august
This year, a record number of 4,115 acres were sponsored, raising a total of £8,230! All funds go towards our Habitat Protection Programme, including guard posts and a habitat monitoring team, as well as the Reforestation Programme, which aims to plant 46,500 trees annually into areas of degraded forest.
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
Bornean bearded pigs faced a massive decline from African swine flu, rarely seen in Tanjung Puting National Park since. However, recent footage from our camera traps has shown the species is slowly making a comeback!