WHERE WE WORK
In collaboration with The Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry (BKSDA) we manage our programmes in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. Key to our ongoing work is the strong emphasis we place on capacity building of stakeholders who include local communities, NGO’s, private sector, and regional government.
Meet our partners:
- BKSDA Kalteng
- Tanjung Puting National Park
- Yayorin
TANJUNG PUTING NATIONAL PARK
We are helping to conserve:
4,400 critically endangered orangutans
393,800 acres of habitat
The park has one of the largest orangutan populations in Borneo. Orangutan Foundation helps to protect this globally important forest ecosystem by operating two guard posts and assisting the National Park with routine patrols to deter illegal activity.
We also manage Pondok Ambung Tropical Forest Research Station which studies the national park’s flora and fauna, including the Western Tarsier, Proboscis Monkey and False Gharial Crocodile.
LAMANDAU WILDLIFE RESERVE
We are helping to conserve:
600 critically endangered orangutans
158,000 acres of habitat
The Lamandau Wildlife Reserve is one of the few protected sites where rescued orangutans are released back into the wild. To ensure the orangutans return successfully they are monitored from five post-release monitoring camps.
Since the Reserve’s creation in 1998, we have recorded over 100 wild births, demonstrating the success protected acres of forest can have in bolstering orangutan populations.
To safeguard the reserve, we work with BKSDA and have established a series of manned guard posts, situated at strategic points. Each post acts as a line of defence against encroachment and illegal activity and as a base for firefighting.
If you would like to help protect this key orangutan release site and vital habitat, join us as a Guardian of Lamandau.
THE BELANTIKAN ARUT REGION
We are helping to conserve:
3,100 critically endangered orangutans
1,193,600 acres of habitat
Although 80% of orangutans live outside of protected areas, orangutan populations can thrive within well managed forest concessions. The Foundation and Yayorin established the Belantikan Conservation Programme with the objective to conserve the remaining forested areas in the region and help landowners manage their concessions in a way that benefits local wildlife. Unique to this area is its biodiversity, including the spectacular amorphophallus flower which can reach up to two metres tall, and the Bornean Flat-Headed Frog which until recently was believed to the world’s only lungless frog.
