Annual Report 2014 June 2015 Borneo OrangutanBOS Foundation Survival - Annual Report Foundation 2014 1 THE BOS FOUNDATION VISION “To achieve Bornean orangutan and habitat VISION AND conservation in collaboration with local stakeholders.” MISSION THE BOS FOUNDATION MISSION 1. Accelerate the release of Bornean orangutans from ex- situ to in-situ locations 2. Encourage the protection of Bornean orangutans and their habitat 3. Increase the empowerment of communities surrounding orangutan habitat 4. Support research and education activities for the conservation of Bornean orangutans and their habitat 5. Promote the participation of and partnership with all stakeholders 6. Strengthen institutional capacity 2 BOS Foundation - Annual Report 2014 BOS Foundation - Annual Report 2014 3 BOS FOUNDATION: CONTENTS PROGRAMS AND STRATEGIC ACTIVITIES BOS FOUNDATION STRATEGIC ACTIVITIES • Rescue, rehabilitation and reintroduction of orangutans and other protected species (sun bears), obtaining governmental permissions and approvals for reintroduction sites, translocation activities and post-release and translocation monitoring • Orangutan habitat conservation, comprising management of wild orangutan habitat in the PREFACE 6 Mawas Area, Central Kalimantan, management of translocation and reintroduction sites, management of orangutan and sun bear EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 9 conservation areas and facilitation of Best Management Practices (BMP) of orangutan habitat within other land-uses ACHIEVEMENTS 2014 • Involvement and empowerment of local communities, enhanced communication and OBJECTIVE 1 14 publications, cooperation with stakeholders, conservation related research and outreach education and encouraging the improvement OBJECTIVE 2 28 of relevant legislation • Funding sustainability, including fundraising OBJECTIVE 3 34 and fund management • Organisational management and strengthening management systems OBJECTIVE 4 44 FUTURE IMPACTS, CHALLENGES BOS FOUNDATION PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES 48 • Central Kalimantan Orangutan Reintroduction MAP OF WORKING AREA 50 Program in Nyaru Menteng • Samboja Lestari Land Rehabilitation and Orangutan Reintroduction Program in East FINANCIAL REPORT 2014 52 Kalimantan • Orangutan Habitat Restoration Program in DONORS 2014 54 Central and East Kalimantan • Mawas Conservation Program in Central Kalimantan ORAGNISATION STRUCTURE 2014 55 • Headquaraters: Communications, Fundraising, Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation and Organizational and Financial Management GLOSSARY 57 4 BOS Foundation - Annual Report 2014 BOS Foundation - Annual Report 2014 5 PREFACE What can we do as an organization, as a part of house our TB-infected orangutans and also man- we remain positive that we will still be able to the society and as human beings to improve made pre-release islands within Samboja Lestari. acquire a new forest area in Central Kalimantan conservation prospects for the remaining orangutan These construction projects will commence in through our company PT. RHOI. population in Indonesia? What can we do with the 2015. Furthermore the funds will also enable plethora of data and information available in this us to run other activities in East Kalimantan Finally, and despite our improvements this era of digital technology? How can we convince related to reintroduction, monitoring and habitat year, there is still plenty for us to do to realise people, especially our fellow Indonesians to conservation. our potential and generate even more positive change their business practices and life styles, and conservation impacts. Whilst continually asking contribute towards orangutan conservation? These Our orangutan reintroduction activities were not as the questions above, we believe that our are the questions we at the BOS Foundation strive intense as in 2012 and 2013. This was due to our performance will continue to improve in 2015. to determine for positive change. decision to monitor and evaluate the distribution On behalf of the Board of Directors and Trustees, and dispersement of our reintroduced orangutans. let us express our gratitude to our staff for their We are delighted to report that 2014 has been Our main aim is to ensure we achieve a sustainable dedication and willingness to embrace a new a year of significant improvement once again. population balance. We also spent this year culture of entrepreneurship. We also extend our Dr. Ir. Jamartin Sihite We challenged ourselves to work even harder, conducting surveys and necessary preparations for appreciation to all of our partners, donors and Chairman & CEO innovate and take risks in creating more relevant new reintroduction areas. Despite the challenges, stakeholders for their generous support. activities suitable for local and global markets. We enhanced our campaigns and continued to grow our fundraising efforts. We increased brand awareness with the aim that when people talk about orangutans, they associate it with the work of the BOS Foundation. Our most successful campaign this year was #ClimbForOrangutan which highlighted our activities to the general Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation public. This was further heightened throughout the busiest business district in Jakarta through showcasing a short film on orangutan conservation via a giant screen on the BCA tower for a month. Bogor, Juni 2015 Financial and overall support from the Indonesian private sector also significantly increased which is an encouraging sign. The BOS Foundation also managed to secure funding through one of our sister organisations, BOS Switzerland, during the last quarter of 2014, specifically for activities in Dr. Ir. Jamartin Sihite Prof. Bungaran Saragih, Ph.D. Prof. Bungaran Saragih, Ph.D. East Kalimantan. Using these funds, we were able Chairman of the Board of Trustees to complete designs for specialised enclosures to 6 BOS Foundation - Annual Report 2014 BOS Foundation - Annual Report 2014 7 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY nsuring we continue to strive towards By the end of December 2014, a maximum improving orangutan and habitat of 92% of our released orangutans had Econservation prospects in Indonesia is survived and only 13 individuals, or 8%, had our main objective. One of our focal activites failed to adapt to their new environment. to bolster orangutan conservation is the Eight deaths occurred in Batikap (Central reintroduction of rehabilitated orangutans to Kalimantan) and 3 in Kehje Sewen (East natural habitat with the support of the local Kalimantan) plus 2 individuals were communities. 2014 was a year of significant retrieved from Kehje Sewen and returned effort and breakthroughs to continually to Samboja Lestari due to ill health or improve our reintroduction process during to alleviate potential human-conflict 2014 and the years ahead. situations. At the beginning of 2014, we continued to To meet our needs for new orangutan care for a total of 538 orangutans in Nyaru release areas, this year we strived to obtain Menteng and 216 in Samboja Lestari. During an additional area in East Kalimantan using the year, the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan an addendum (swap) scheme within our Reintroduction Center received 18 new PT RHOI managed area of Kehje Sewen orangutans and Samboja Lestari received and additionally to expand it from 86,450 14 new orangutans By December 2014, ha to 90,000 ha. In Central Kalimantan we we provided rehabilitation to a total of 702 aimed to establish a new ERC (Ecosystem orangutans and 56 sun bears. Restoration Concession) covering an area Six orangutans we rescued in Central Kalimantan were translocated into an Ecosystem Restoration Concession managed by PT Rimba Makmur Utama (RMU) and Sebangau National Park. We also prepared release candidates and reintroduced a further 42 orangutans, bringing the total number of reintroduced orangutans between early 2012 and December 2014 to 162. To ensure the success rate of our released orangutans, the PRM (Post Release Monitoring) teams in the Bukit Batikap Conservation Forest and the Kehje Sewen Forest collect daily data on orangutan behavior to monitor and evaluate orangutan adaptation in their new habitat and to provide support to individuals where needed, at the earliest possible opportunity. 8 BOS Foundation - Annual Report 2014 BOS Foundation - Annual Report 2014 9 of 66,288 hectares. Unfortuantely the area proposed Finally, as a national NGO with a global reach, in Central Kalimantan overlapped with permits it is very important for the BOS Foundation issued for mining. In response, the Ministry of to continually develop its capacity as an Environment and Forestry proposed an area of 41, organisation and manage the foundation in 670 hectares within 2 separate locations; 31,950 ha an accountable and transparent manner. This and 9,730 ha respectively. We have not made a final year we organized several trainings in different decision on this recommendation and are seeking capacities and exchanged information through other possibilities of more suitable areas. participation in local, national and international workshops, conferences and seminars. To Ensuring the protection and management of wild ensure funding sustainability, we secured funds orangutan habitat is the key to orangutan survival from domestic and international sources in in the future. We therefore regularly conduct collaboration with partner organizations. protection patrols within the Mawas area in Central Kalimantan which serves as habitat to approximately Having achieved so much in 2014, we are ready 3,000 wild orangutans, as well as canal blocking to to implement our