BOS Foundation cares for over 300 orangutans at two rehabilitation centres
The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation is currently caring for more than 300 orangutans at two rehabilitation centres, namely BOS Nyaru Menteng in Central Kalimantan and Samboja Lestari in East Kalimantan.
Chairman of the BOS Foundation Board, Jamartin Sihite, said in a statement received in Palangka Raya on Wednesday that the foundation has witnessed that saving a single orangutan is not the work of a day or a year.
“It takes years to recover them from conflict and return them to the wild. However, release is not the end. We must ensure that the forest remains, remains healthy, and remains a home for them,” he said.
Jamartin made the statement in connection with the commemoration of World Orangutan Day 2026, which carries the theme Act for Orangutans: Their Forest, Our Future.
Jamartin said the theme is a call to action, because the future of orangutans is determined by the decisions taken today. Every tree that remains standing, every forest we protect, and every orangutan that returns to living freely is the result of real action, science, dedication and collaboration.
Through World Orangutan Day 2026, the BOS Foundation is inviting the entire community to take real action according to their respective roles.
Every decision that supports forest conservation and wildlife protection can be part of a larger effort to ensure orangutans continue to have a home in the wild. Because when we protect the forest for orangutans, we are also protecting our shared future.
The BOS Foundation expressed its highest appreciation to all partners involved in orangutan rehabilitation. Support from partners and individual donors from various parts of the world has contributed greatly to enabling rescue, rehabilitation, release and habitat protection efforts for orangutans in Indonesia to continue.
Head of the Central Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA Kalteng), Andi Muhammad Kadhafi, said World Orangutan Day is a reminder that the future of orangutans is largely determined by the actions taken today.
He said rescue efforts, rehabilitation, handling of human-orangutan conflict, and law enforcement against wildlife trafficking are part of the responsibility that continues to be carried out together with various parties.
“However, conservation success will not be achieved without public support. Every step to protect forests, stop wildlife trafficking, and respect the existence of orangutans in their natural habitat is a real contribution to the future of Indonesia’s biodiversity,” he said.
Meanwhile, Head of BKSDA East Kalimantan, M Ari Wibawanto, added that orangutans can only survive if the forests where they live remain protected. Therefore, protection of conservation areas, habitat restoration, and sustainable landscape management are inseparable parts of conservation efforts.
“The theme Their Forest, Our Future reminds us that when we protect the forest as a home for orangutans, at the same time we are also protecting the ecological functions that sustain human life, both today and in the future,” he said.