20,100 trees for the orangutans
The Lamandau River Wildlife Reserve on Borneo comprises 76,000 hectares and is home for many endangered species as well as an important site for releasing orangutans back into the wild. We support a reforestation program for 20,100 trees from 16 species to be planted on 40 hectares. These trees will serve the orangutans both as food trees and enrichment.
http://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/11559-20-100-trees-for-the-orangutans
Orangutans rescued on Sumatra
With our financial support two orangutans were rescued from the fires of Tripa. They were released at the Orangutan Reintroduction Centre in the Jantho Pine Nature Reserve.
http://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/10388-rescue-orangutans-on-sumatra/news
Cataract surgery performed on female orangutan
From left to right:
Drh. Rachmad Wahyudi, Dr. Arie Umboh, Ms Juliana Sasambe, Drh. Yenni Saraswati.
Visit at the CBM office in Jakarta in July 2012
From left to right: Tri Silvanto (CBM Indonesia country office communications officer), Matthew Hanning (head of CBM Indonesia country office), Julia Cissewski (president of Orang-Utans in Not e.V.)
With the logistical and financial support from Orang-Utans in Not e.V., the orangutan female Gober was operated on August 27 at the Batu Mbelin Orangutan Quarantine close to Medan (Sumatra), run by the SOCP.
Gober was blind due to cataract on both eyes. She had been rescued in 2008 by the SOCP and gave birth to healthy twins in January 2011 at Batu Mbelin, the father of the twins being Leuser, a rescued orangutan who lost his eyesight after being shot 62 times with an air rifle.
The surgery was performed by Dr. Arie Umboh, a renowned Indonesian eye specialist, and his assistant Juliana Sasambe. They placed intraocular lenses in both eyes. The quarantine's veterinarian Drh. Yenni Saraswati as well as Drh. Rachmad Wahyudi provided the necessary veterinary and technical support.
The surgery itself went well and we now hope that no complications arise and Gober will be able to see her twins very soon.
Contact with Dr. Umboh was kindly facilitated by the Indonesian branch of CBM, an organization with decades of experience in the area of cataract surgeries in humans.
Our heartfelt thanks to everybody involved -- and especially to Dr. Umboh!
Tripa is still burning!
Please help to save the Tripa peat swamps.
For more information, please check out the website of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme!
Save the Great Apes!
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These pages provide you with information on the current situation, the aims of our organization, and specific ways you can help.
Don’t look away! The orangutans need our help. It is five to midnight ...
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The orangutans are threatened with extinction. If we do not succeed in protecting their natural habitat - the tropical rainforest of Borneo and Sumatra - these fascinating and highly intelligent primates will have no chance of survival in the wild.