Orangutan Foundation

Orangutan Foundation Working to save the critically endangered orangutan and their tropical rainforest habitat.
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Founded in 1990, Orangutan Foundation is the foremost orangutan conservation organisation working actively across the entire range of the orangutan species. Our mission is to save orangutans by protecting their tropical forest habitat, working with local communities and promoting research and education. Visit https://www.facebook.com/orangutanfndn.id/ for our Indonesian page. Visit http://www.orangutan.org.uk/blog/ for all the latest news from our team in Indonesian Borneo.

Happy World Ranger Day!Today, we are celebrating those around the world responsible for safeguarding critical habitat. I...
31/07/2026

Happy World Ranger Day!

Today, we are celebrating those around the world responsible for safeguarding critical habitat.

In particular, we would like to send our gratitude to our habitat protection team in Indonesian Borneo who protect Lamandau Wildlife Reserve and Tanjung Puting National Park.

Together, these protected areas total over 500,000 acres of critical habitat.

Our team have recently been battling forest fires day and night that are spreading rapidly due to the longer dry season.

Even though these fires have been extinguished, staff are on continuous alert to anticipate further ones.

We thank the habitat protection team for their dedication and commitment.

Male orangutans have earnt the name ‘Kings of the Forest’- from their majestic nature, we may understand why. 🦧Few peopl...
28/07/2026

Male orangutans have earnt the name ‘Kings of the Forest’- from their majestic nature, we may understand why. 🦧

Few people are fortunate enough to encounter this incredible species, but our Ambassador and Photographer Ian Wood is amongst the lucky ones.

“We hear him first – a crack of wood like a single gunshot – as a branch snaps under his weight. He stretches out an enormous arm to grab the next tree, and I get my first good look at him. I see power, peace and wisdom. I wonder what he sees in me?”

- Ian Wood (Orangutan Foundation Ambassador and Photographer)

We have exciting news! 🎉Amel who was kept as a pet for 12-years has finally begun regularly climbing trees!Since her arr...
26/07/2026

We have exciting news! 🎉

Amel who was kept as a pet for 12-years has finally begun regularly climbing trees!

Since her arrival in June 2025, Amel has been very frightened of the world outside of her sleeping enclosure.

Slowly, she began darting out to eat leaves which was a huge milestone for her, but she kept to the same trees right next to her enclosure.

Last week, she finally climbed to the top of a tree in the camp yard and has been doing so ever since!

Amel’s progress shows that with patience, even older orangutans can overcome the odds against them and instinct kicks in, moving them one step closer towards a life in the wild.

Orangutan Foundation is proud to support the Sekonyer Festival, celebrating the culture of Sekonyer Village across the r...
23/07/2026

Orangutan Foundation is proud to support the Sekonyer Festival, celebrating the culture of Sekonyer Village across the river from Tanjung Puting National Park, Indonesian Borneo.

The 3-day festival running from 7th-9th June raises awareness of the history of the village and its proximity to the forest, traditional food, games and medicines from nature, cultural arts.

It also shares the villages involvement in preserving nature and forests - especially the habitat of orangutans and other endemic animals around the Sekonyer River where the village is situated.

Conservation is not possible without the support of local people. By celebrating and learning about their practices, we can foster a sense of connection to one another and to our natural world.

To learn more read our latest article about the festival at https://www.orangutan.org.uk/blog/the-sekonyer-festival

23/07/2026

With El Niño on its way and it being dry season in Indonesia, we have just received videos of the first fires in Lamandau Wildlife Reserve.

Our team are fighting together with BKSDA (government) in areas of Lamandau Wildlife Reserve.

Without a river nearby, the team rely on getting water from the wells that we build.
Being peat underground, which is highly flammable, once started fires are very hard to prevent from spreading.

Please donate to help support our team in the field at orangutan.org.uk/donate.

21/07/2026

It seems like someone spotted the camera! 📸

Camera traps are a critical part of our research programme, helping us to observe behaviours that would otherwise go unseen.

Here, a group of Bornean pigs meander through the trees, using their large pink noses to search for food amongst the forest floor.

Bornean pigs were nearly wiped out in Tanjung Puting National Park in 2021 due to an outbreak of swine flu.

But slowly, we have seen them make a comeback!

Your support helps us ensure the protected areas where we work remain a haven for Borneo’s wonderful wildlife.

POV: Someone offers you the tastiest fruit in the forest… 🤤Riki is in the soft-release programme for orphaned orangutans...
19/07/2026

POV: Someone offers you the tastiest fruit in the forest… 🤤

Riki is in the soft-release programme for orphaned orangutans.

At almost 2 years old, he may be small, but he is determined.

Riki is at Camp JL learning how to be an independent orangutan along with four other infants of a similar age.

Each day, he climbs a little higher and ventures a little further.

He is already practicing foraging for leaves, but his camp carers provide him and the other orangutans in our care with supplementary fruit to support their growth.

It is a long road ahead for these orphaned infants, but when they have learnt all the skills needed to survive alone, they will be released into a protected area for a second chance at life in the wild.

Adopt an orphaned orangutan today from £30 a year at https://www.orangutan.org.uk/adopt

Excuse me… what are you looking at? 👀Borneo’s forests are home to hundreds of birds, around 61 of which are found nowher...
17/07/2026

Excuse me… what are you looking at? 👀

Borneo’s forests are home to hundreds of birds, around 61 of which are found nowhere else on Earth. 🐦

When we spot them, we can’t help but notice their side eye stare!

The Foundation’s veterinarian and avid birdwatcher Dr. Wawan is developing Lamandau Wildlife Reserve’s very first official bird list.

His eyes are constantly peeled as the list continues to grow.

These are just a handful of the spectacular species recorded so far.

1. Blue-eared kingfisher by
2. Scarlet-breasted flowerpecker
3. Greater coucal by
4. Storkbilled kingfisher
5. Sunbird

Your support helps empower the next generation of conservationists! 🎉We offer 4 research grants to Indonesian students a...
15/07/2026

Your support helps empower the next generation of conservationists! 🎉

We offer 4 research grants to Indonesian students annually for projects on tropical ecology.

The 2026 grants were recently awarded, with projects including mitigating forest fires, carbon stores in mangrove forests and assessing forest suitability for orangutans.

This research supports not only the future of young conservationists, but the future of Borneo’s tropical forests.

Donate today from £2 at https://www.orangutan.org.uk/donate to help sponsor our research programme in Indonesian Borneo.

Have you met Timtom the boat-riding orangutan? 🛶Spared from life as a pet, Timtom has been in our care for nearly ten ye...
12/07/2026

Have you met Timtom the boat-riding orangutan? 🛶

Spared from life as a pet, Timtom has been in our care for nearly ten years, learning how to be wild again.

During this time, she has discovered that not all fun is found in the trees… the forest swamp has become her playground!

Timtom happily rides on the camp boat to reach new forest areas, and outside of her learning, can be found splashing in the water around camp for hours on end.

She is truly a one-of-a-kind orangutan.

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