Wildlife monitoring plays a key role in assisting us at the OIC in gauging the progress of our conservation work and assessing any specific sites and/or species that may require our particular attention. Obviously, orangutan and orangutan nest sightings are huge indicators but there is so much more that can give answers to our questions....
Last month was special for Sekolah Menengah Pertama Leuser (Leuser Secondary Greenschool), a school that was initiated by Orangutan Information Centre (OIC) with the support of Sumatran Orangutan Society that supported to fundraise to help to make this project came true. This school was built on the land purchased by fundraising by SOS and...
Receiving a report in our call centre about a presence of orangutan isolated inside of oil palm plantation, the OIC HOCRU team responded by checking the area. According to the HOCRU team observation, it was found that a mother and orangutan baby was isolated far away from the forest area. This situation was very worrying...
Learning about the conservation issues is for everyone without any exception. This month, OIC is humbled to host a conservation photography trip by working together with a Toronto NGO’s based Photographer Without Borders (PWB). This once a year Sumatran conservation class is intended to bring many photographers worldwide to learn about the art of storytelling...
October is a special month not only for OIC but also to SOS. This month, OIC was honored to host 6 days of SOS donor trip to Sumatera. This trip was followed by 8 participants that 2 of them are the SOS staff, Rachel Groves and Lucy Radford. “This trip is intended for our supporters...
Bukit Lawang is one of the most famous tourism destinations in the world that can give the visitors a guarantee to see orangutan every day. Despite its famous, Bukit Lawang has many things to improve to meet the international standard of ecotourism spot. From the public road to the related facilities such as public toilet...
September, as the starting of the raining season here in Sumatera, is a busy time for our Cinta Raja restoration staff. As it is a perfect timing to plant as many trees to rebuild the once damaged forest. Up to this date, more than 75 hectares of 100 hectares of Cinta Raja restoration area...
By the beginning of September, OIC HOCRU team found such a great surprise. After getting a call from a local people due to a presence of isolated orangutan inside of a local residence’s plantation, OIC HOCRU team checked the situation directly on the spot. After seeing the condition, it was decided that situation could be...
This year is quite special for OIC, as not only starting the formal school for the local kids who live in Bukit Mas village, a village adjacent with the Leuser ecosystem but also held the very first festival, the orangutan festival 2018. This festival was held in one of the oldest parks in Medan, Sri...
As part of GLNP patrol team, Forest and Wildlife Protection Unit (ForWPU) of OIC made a significant arrest last month. During the regular patrol operation inside the Leuser forest area, our team busted 3 bird poachers along with 55 birds as the evidences around Wampu river area of Kapras village, Kuta Mbaru subdistrict, Langkat...
The very first orangutan festival was successfully held in one of the oldest park in town, Sri Deli Park – Medan – North Sumatera. This event was proposed as the public understanding here in Sumatra is ironically poor with some unable to even determine key differences between orangutans and other primate species. In order...
The Independence day of Indonesia this year was celebrated by OIC team with the fight of our own way.On this important day, a male orangutan was rescued from Namo Unggas subvillage, Sri Serdang village, Batang Serangan Subdistrict, Langkat district – North Sumatera on Friday, 17th August 2018. This orang utan, later named Karno, was found...
