Orangutan release site in Jantho (Sumatra)

Since 2011 Orang-Utans in Not e.V. has been active on the island of Sumatra and financially supporting an orangutan release site in the Pinus Jantho Nature Reserve in Aceh Province, to the very north of the island. The area does not contain a wild orangutan population but its altitude as well as its vegetation are an ideal orangutan habitat.

The site is run by the Swiss organisation PanEco and was opened in January 2011. The first orangutans to arrive are now ready for release. They had lost their habitat due to logging being done to create an oil palm plantation. Other orangutans, confiscated from private households, are currently being prepared for release.

A press release by PanEco can be downloaded here (PDF, 0.2 MB).