19/08/2026
🦧 WORLD ORANGUTAN DAY | 19 AUGUST
Today, we celebrate the “people of the forest.” 🌿
Observed every August 19, World Orangutan Day raises awareness of the urgent threats facing orangutans and the rainforests they call home. All three orangutan species—the Bornean, Sumatran, and Tapanuli orangutans—are Critically Endangered, with their survival closely tied to the protection of Southeast Asia’s remaining forests.
As vital seed dispersers and indicators of healthy rainforest ecosystems, orangutans play an important role in keeping their forests thriving. Yet deforestation, habitat loss, human-wildlife conflict, and the illegal pet trade continue to threaten their future.
This World Orangutan Day, let us help protect these intelligent great apes by supporting rainforest conservation, rejecting the illegal wildlife trade, and recognizing that protecting orangutans means protecting the forests they—and countless other species—depend on.
🌏 Let’s keep the forest home for orangutans.