NEWS & EVENTS
NEWS
BRIAN MATTHEWS X ORANGUTAN FOUNDATION PRINT COLLABORATION
To celebrate Orange for Orangutan Day on 13th November 2024, we are releasing a limited-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 on 13th November to purchase, and keep an eye out on our Instagram for the chance to win the very first one!
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
ORANGUTAN CARING WEEK
10th - 16th 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’.
Orangutans serve as a reminder of living sustainably and respecting the natural world.
Image Credit: Andrea Monyeaux
ORANGE FOR ORANGUTAN DAY
13th November 2024
This orangutan caring week, we invite you to wear ‘Orange for Orangutan Day!’. Share on your socials and tag @orangutan_foundation.
PAST EVENTS
SPONSOR AN ACRE APPEAL
12th - 19th 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.
Donations fund our reforestation and habitat protection programmes. You can read more about the benefits of this ongoing campaign here.
Drone image of Lamandau Wildlife Reserve
GREEN MATCH FUND APPEAL
18th - 25th April 2024
An incredible total of £14,616 was raised in our Big Give Green Match Fund appeal to help protect biodiversity. Thank you to everyone who donated!
Borneo's forests are some of the most biodiverse on Earth, with thousands of endemic species. It is vital that we protect the remaining forests and biodiversity within, helping to mitigate climate change.
BIG GIVE CHRISTMAS CHALLENGE
28th November - 5th December 2024
Local communities in Indonesian Borneo depend on the rainforest as much as orangutans and all other wildlife. However, competing needs can cause forests and biodiversity to suffer.
Your support enables more communities to make the transition toward sustainable livelihoods and futures. Donations have a vital impact on our sustainable livelihood programmes making a difference which will last for generations.
Thank you for helping to ensure the harmony of orangutans, forest, and people.
Orangutan caring week
12th - 18th November
A week of raising awareness and fundraising for orangutan conservation.
Wednesday 15th November is Orange for Orangutan Day©, so make sure to wear as much orange as possible and don’t forget to share your pictures with us!
Sponsor an acre week
12th - 19th August 2023
You helped us protect 2,817 acres of rainforest in just one week to celebrate International Orangutan Day on the 19th of August! Thank you to everyone who donated.
Big give green match fund
20th - 27th April 2023
Over 30% of Borneo’s rainforests have been lost in the last 40 years. Yet, they are a globally important carbon store, a home for vast amounts of biodiversity and many local community's livelihoods depend on them.
A total of £13,649 was raised to protect Borneo’s rainforests! Thank you!
Orangutans consume a variety of food from the forest to support their large size. Being arboreal species gives them access to the food they need to sustain their body size.