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...
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...
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...
Time flies very fast and it has been a year after the clearing cut operation of illegal oil palm trees here in Cinta Raja. Every second, this once damaged forest starts to change to be a forest once more as it used to be, long before the encroachment happened. “Every time I step...
One of the roles that the OIC HOCRU team plays in orangutan conservation is to monitor isolated areas of forest, secluded from access to a primary forest by plantations and villages. Many orangutans in Sumatra become stuck in these isolated areas, which can lead to conflict with local communities, which OIC HOCRU team has built...
Forest Wildlife Protection Unit (ForWPU) is one of the flagship programme of Orangutan Information Centre with the aim to tackle not only poaching and hunting issues but also dealing with illegal logging and wildlife trafficking. For twenty days of a month, our patrol teams conduct the operation and dedicating their time for Leuser ecosystem, risking...
A juvenile orangutan, named Fatimah, was rescued by the joint team of OIC HOCRU, BKSDA Aceh and Idie Rayeuk Police yesterday (10/07/18). This orangutan was kept by a retired military man for 6 years in Kampong Baro village, Idie Rayuek subvillage, East Aceh district of Aceh province. The information about her presence was received by...
A shocking news came from our restoration programme. One of the best staff, Edy Bardok, passed away last week (4th July 2018). He started joining OIC’s restoration programme from 2008 up to now. From his hands, hundred thousands of trees had been planted with love. Starting with zero knowledge of tree species, he grew as...
Leuser Ecosystem, as the last place where Sumatran orangutan, tiger, rhino and elephant still roam together, side by side. It also has one of the world’s richest yet least-known forest systems and its vegetation is an important source of Earth’s oxygen. Despite of these amazing fact about Leuser, however a great damaged is haunted the...
The Human and Orangutan Conflict Response Unit (HOCRU) team is being put to the test this Ramadhan. Just one day after rescuing a female orangutan from Perkebunan Bukit Lawang village (see the previous article for more information), the team was received information upon the presence of an orangutan in PIR ADB village, Sei Lepan subdistrict,...
A beautiful female orangutan was successfully rescued from Lima Subvillage, Perkebunan Bukit Lawang village, Bahorok Subdistrict, Langkat district – North Sumatera this past Friday (19/05/18). This orangutan that later was named Nayla, was found swinging between branches of palm oil trees. The plantation she was spotted in was located within a stones throw away from...
