Protect the orangutans
Protect the orangutans
Join Us in Rescuing Borneo’s Last Orangutans
Orangutans, our closest genetic relatives, call the pristine rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra home in Indonesia. However, our consumption habits are swiftly destroying their natural habitat. The production of palm oil, tropical timber, coal, and paper has led to the devastation of nearly 20 million hectares of vital forests in Borneo alone. As a consequence, these magnificent creatures are hunted, traded, and pushed to the brink as they search for food and shelter.
At BOS, we rescue, rehabilitate, and release orangutans. We protect rainforest biodiversity and restore peat swamp forests. Orangutan conservation means saving rainforests and fighting climate change.
Join our mission to save Borneo’s orangutans from extinction!
The orangutan is on the brink of extinction. BOS rescues orphaned and injured orangutans. In our two rescue centers in Borneo, we currently care for approximately 400 great apes. They receive medical attention and undergo a years-long rehabilitation process to prepare for release into the wild.
Join us in saving Borneo’s last orangutans.
BOS protects 460,680 hectares of rainforest. Within these areas, we release rehabilitated orangutans and restore peat swamp rainforests. Together with local communities, we establish sustainable livelihoods and safeguard these forests from destructive fires.
We’re creating a home for both people and wildlife, strengthening the Earth’s green lungs. Your donation helps us create new habitats for orangutans and countless other species.
The orangutan is on the brink of extinction. BOS rescues orphaned and injured orangutans. In our two rescue centers in Borneo, we currently care for approximately 400 great apes. They receive medical attention and undergo a years-long rehabilitation process to prepare for release into the wild.
Join us in saving Borneo’s last orangutans.
BOS protects 460,680 hectares of rainforest. Within these areas, we release rehabilitated orangutans and restore peat swamp rainforests. Together with local communities, we establish sustainable livelihoods and safeguard these forests from destructive fires.
We’re creating a home for both people and wildlife, strengthening the Earth’s green lungs. Your donation helps us create new habitats for orangutans and countless other species.
Challenges
Rainforest destruction
Borneo was once almost entirely covered by rainforest. However, monocultures for palm oil and paper production, mining, and the logging of tropical timber have collectively destroyed 30 percent of Borneo’s rainforests.
Palm oil
Many supermarket products, from cosmetics to pet food and biodiesel, contain palm oil. Most of it comes from Indonesia and Malaysia, contributing to the destruction of orangutan habitats.
Illegal wildlife trade and poaching
The illicit trade in protected animals and animal products ranks fourth in organized crime worldwide. It poses one of the greatest threats to biodiversity.
Our vision
We strongly believe that all of us must now take responsibility for the survival of the orangutans and the Indonesian rainforest.
Together we fight to ensure that the orangutan population grows, that the biodiversity of the rainforest in Borneo is preserved, and that the people and the climate benefit.
What have we achieved so far?
Orangutan releases
Wild born orangutan babys
Hectar rainforest under protection
Who is BOS?
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Make a donation for the orangutans
Make a one-time donation
Orangutans need our help! With your donation for the orangutans you accompany and support an orangutan on its journey until its release into the wild.
Make a donation for the orangutans
Make a one-time donation
Orangutans need our help! With your donation for the orangutans you accompany and support an orangutan on its journey until its release into the wild.
Orangutan Rescue Center Nyaru Menteng
Reforestation area Mawas
Orangutan Rescue Center Samboja Lestari
Forest for life
Every year, destructive wildfires rage across Borneo, consuming everything they touch with ruthless determination. Most critically, the unique Mawas peat swamp is repeatedly threatened by fire. That’s why it’s crucial that we restore and reforest Mawas – before it’s too late!
Your donation for the orangutans
BOS Germany operates as a serious nature and species conservation organization that, above all, values transparency. We have been established as a registered non-profit organization for more than 20 years and have joined the transparency initiative of “Transparency International” (ITZ) since 2013. Your aid will be put to use exactly where it is needed: with the orangutans in Borneo. With your sponsorship or donation, you are giving the last Asian great ape a future.
Our projects for the protection of the orangutan and the rainforest
BOS stands for Borneo Orangutan Survival — and exactly that is our goal: the survival of the orangutan. We are a non-profit nature and species conservation organisation working in an international network with partner organisations to protect the orangutan and its habitat. In Borneo, we operate two orangutan rehabilitation centres where rescued orangutans are prepared for an independent life in protected rainforests. Furthermore, we reforest destroyed rainforests. You too, have the opportunity to help orangutans and the rainforest.