Baby Orangutans: A New Hope
Earlier this week we shared the exciting news that three new baby orangutans have been born close to one of our camps in the last 12 months. Two of them members of the G Family, headed by grand matriarch Gracia, whilst the most recent newborn belongs to mother-of-three Feb. Orangutans are the poster children […]
A New Generation of Critically Endangered Orangutans
Gracia is a 40-year-old wild female orangutan who lives in the Sebangau National Park. She is a familiar face to many of BNF’s researchers, but there is something odd about her behaviour lately… Abdul Azis, BNF Indonesia’s Orangutan Coordinator, watched Gracia with suspicion. Her behaviour was different, he thought. Azis had known Gracia and her […]
A Close Encounter with Gara
As the year draws to a close, the rainy season begins in Indonesia. For several months, the pounding rain becomes a near-constant backing track, and the air hangs heavy with moisture. Despite the extreme weather, our Orangutan Team—consisting of “The Twins”, Aziz K and Azis OU—are in high spirits. BNF’s orangutan follows were suspended for […]
The Month of Love: Getting Reacquainted with Gracia and Gara
February 14th is marked by annual celebrations around the world as people gather their loved ones and exchange gifts to commemorate Valentine’s Day. This year, Abdul Azis (affectionately known as Azis Orangutan by his colleagues), Orangutan Coordinator at BNF, was also feeling the love. Azis was happy because he had finally been given the go-ahead […]
Popy’s Adventure #3
POPY’S ADVENTURE #3 POPY MEETS OBO As sunlight fell through cracks in the trees and the morning’s dew began to evaporate, Popy and her mother prepared to leave the nest they had slept in last night. With Popy holding on tight to his mother’s body, the two started swinging from tree to tree in search […]
Popy’s Adventure #2
POPY BUILDS A NEST As the sun continued its westward crawl and the day’s colours slowly began to fade, Popy and her mother picked out a tree to sleep in. “Popy, we have to choose a different tree every day to sleep,” said Popy’s mother, tugging at the twigs and leaves to form a nest […]
Meet the Orangutans, Georgia and Gus
One day in March, before the Covid19 pandemic situation happened in Indonesian Borneo, Azis and Jali (two of BNF’s orangutan researchers) trekked through the Natural Laboratory of Peat-swamp Forest (LAHG), a special zone within the Sebangau National Park in search of Gracia and the Kids (wild orangutan). But by late afternoon none of the family […]
Workshop on Integrating Research for Rungan Conservation Presented 6 International Experts
Written by Wendy Erb (Researcher) The good and effective policy requires a well-informed decision-making process, particularly ones that aim for sustainable use of natural resources and conservation of biodiversity. For this reason, two crucial aspects of policy input are ecological aspects and ethnographic aspects. It is important to align both in the search for a […]
Studying how the forest fires of 2015 have affected the behaviour and health of orangutans
My name is Abi and I’m a masters by research student from the University of Exeter collaborating with BNF and CIMTROP-University of Palangka Raya. I am studying how the forest fires of 2015 have affected the behaviour and health of orangutans in the Sebangau National Park. I am very passionate about this work as forest […]
Chili and friends (chapter 1)
Written by Eka Cahyaningrum (BNF primate scientist) Today I travelled around the forest with my family. We had tasty fruits to fill our belly around the home range until we were full. Getting tired, my family and I started to feel sleepy. It’s time to find a sleeping tree! We then travelled to our favourite […]
