BOS

 

The Symbol of BOS

About BOS

BOS is Borneo Orangutan Survival. This is an organization that the conservation of the endangered Bornean Orangutan and its habitat through the involvement of local people. BOS was found by Willie Smits in 1991. Borneo Orangutan Survival takes care of almost 1000 orangutans and employs between six hundreds and a thousand people at a hundred sites. BOS also runs the Primate Conservation Education Program in the Primate Centre, Ragunan Zoo, Jakarta. The BOS coordinate its activities with the Ministry of Forestry, and it is supported by 12 BOSF’s partner organizations around the world.

Willie Smits, the founder of BOS

BOS Site- Nyaru Menteng

BOS sites that have received most extensive media coverage are Samboja Lestari and Nyaru Menteng. Nyaru Menteng is an orangutan rescue and rehabilitation centre. It is located in Central Kalimantan. It is found and run by Lone Drøscher Nielsen.  

Lone Drøscher Nielsen

Mission

“A secure future for orangutans, free and safe in their natural habitat, living in harmony with local people.”

1.     Orangutan Reintroduction

2.    The rehabilitation and habitat protection of wildlife that is protected under law, especially orangutans.

3.    Information, outreach and education, community capacity-building, community empowerment and public awareness-raising.

Baby Orangutan

Website

Visit Borneo Orangutan Survival’s official website at: http://orangutan.or.id/home 

References:

• Wikipedia. (2009). Borneo Orangutan Survival. Available: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borneo_Orangutan_Survival. Last accessed 30th May 2011.
• The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation. (2010). About BOSF. Available: http://orangutan.or.id/maincontent-4.html. Last accessed 30th May 2011.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       By. Desy Natalina