How to Help Orangutans

Today is the final day of #orangutancareweek.

If you have enjoyed reading my posts and would like to do so, please consider a small donation to Orangutan Foundation UK to help them continue their wonderful work.

Whilst in Borneo, I planted a couple of trees. Orangutan habitat is vulnerable to forest fires, either lit deliberately to clear land or spreading accidentally. Tree planting schemes help to regenerating the forest and restore natural ecosystem, as well as re-creating areas of orangutan habitat.

Of course, we can’t all travel to Borneo to plant trees! Here are some other ways in which you could help:

Adopt an orangutan! For £30 a year, you can sponsor one of the youngsters we actually met at Camp JL. All adoption money goes directly towards the care and protection of orangutans in the Lamandau Wildlife Reserve. https://www.orangutan.org.uk/adopt

Join the Orangutan Foundation and get regular updates about their conservation work. https://www.orangutan.org.uk/shop/membership

Sponsor an acre of forest for just £2. This will help raise funds to protect a total 500,000 acres of tropical forest and 5,000 critically endangered orangutans. https://www.orangutan.org.uk/shop/sponsor-an-acre

Volunteer! Take part in practical orangutan conservation working holiday. Tasks included construction of orangutan release sites and guard posts in protected areas, renovating a tropical forest research station and an information centre. This provides the chance to see both rehabilitated and wild orangutans. https://www.orangutan.org.uk/volunteer

Visit. Included in the cost of my trip was a donation to orangutan conservation charities, and I believe the National Park also receive an entrance fee that protects and supports the park. If any budding photographers out there want to take part in a similar experience, check out woody wood’s website: https://www.agoodplace.co.uk/wildlife-photography-holidays/borneo-orangutan-holiday

For other ways to support Orangutan Foundation UK, see https://www.orangutan.org.uk/ways-to-give

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