In Early 2020, Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) has accepted the 400th orangutan since the center was founded in 2020. The orangutan is a male who is estimated to be 3 years old was confiscated from Kutacane, Aceh Southeast. The orangutan was confiscated by Conservation and Natural Resources (BKSDA) Aceh from a resident in Kutacane […]
A baby orangutan was repatriated from the island of Bali to Sumatra and brought to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP)’s Orangutan Rescue and Rehabilitation Centre. The male orangutan estimated two years old and was relocated from Bali on the 17th of December 2019 by BKSDA Bali, accompanied by Jakarta Aid Network (JAAN). The orangutan […]
On 14th October 2019 four orangutans – Fatimah, Cut Keke, Punti and Koko – were transferred to the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme’s Reintroduction site in Jantho Aceh. They are finally feeling freedom after yearsspent rehabilitating and preparing for their return to the wild. Fatimah, a seven year old femaleorangutan was rescued from Kampong Baro Village, […]
The Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) runs the only rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction programme for orangutans in Sumatra. Since 2000 over 390 orangutans have been received at our specialist orangutan quarantine station, averaging more than 20 new arrivals per year. Over 300 of these have been released to the wild, as the founders of two […]
Please have a read through Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari’s 2018 Annual Report, to learn more about what we have been up to! PDF download of the report here!
Please have a read through the PanEco Foundation’s 2018 Annual Report, to learn more about what we have been up to! PDF download of the report here!
Please have a read through the PanEco Foundation’s 2017 Annual Report, to learn more about what we have been up to! PDF download of the report here!
Please have a read through Yayasan Ekosistem Lestari’s 2017 Annual Report, to learn more about what we have been up to! PDF download of the report here!
Tune in to the discussion below and hear from SOCP Director Ian Singleton along with Ian Redmond, Alison Cronin, Grainne McCabe, Jim & Jenny Desmond, and Shirley McGreal, regarding the role of sanctuaries in conservation! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX-7lx8iKyY)
Please check out this recent article from the Guardian regarding unsustainable development in the Batang Toru Ecosystem, home to the only and last habitat of the newly identified yet already Critically Endangered Tapanuli orangutan: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/radical-conservation/2018/apr/23/worlds-newest-great-ape-threatened-by-chinese-dam “First of all, we need to ensure that the eastern and western populations in Batang Toru remain fully protected, […]
