The Effort of, NGO, BOS, in (Borneo Orangutan Survival) Foundation in Saving Orangutans in Central Kalimantan (2016-2019) Anggi Nurul Qomari’ah Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta Email: [email protected] Abstract This paper will describe the BOS (Borneo Orangutan Survival) Foundation’s effort as an NGO in saving Orangutans. Orangutan is one of the endemic animals of the island of Borneo, which currently lives in threatening conditions. Bornean Orangutans are in the endangered category, and there are 57,000 individuals left. Even in the last 20 years, the population of Bornean Orangutans has decreased by 55% due to illegal logging, clearing of oil palm land, and poaching. Through the Convention on International Trade in wild plants and animals or the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), orangutans are one of the endangered primates and animals to protect. the author used advocacy theory in explaining BOS efforts. To face this situation, the BOSF is implementing an effort or way through social media campaigns with the #ClimbForOrangutan, #OrangutanFreedom, and #SaveDodo strategies. Another effort undertaken by the BOS Foundation to continue to fight in saving orangutans, including their habitat, is to work with overseas partners and organizations that also focus on animal rescue and conservation. Keywords: BOS, Orangutan, NGO, Advocacy Abstrak Tulisan ini akan mendeskripsikan bagaimana upaya BOS (Borneo Orangutan Survival) Foundation sebagai NGO dalam menyelamatkan Orangutan. Orangutan merupakan salah satu hewan endemik pulau Kalimantan yang saat ini hidup dalam kondisi terancam. Orangutan Kalimantan masuk dalam Islamic World and Politics Vol. 4. No.1 June 2020 ISSN: 2614-0535, E-ISSN: 2655-1330 Islamic World and Politics 100 Vol. 4. No. 1 June 2020 kategori terancam punah dan tersisa 57.000 individu. Bahkan dalam 20 tahun terakhir populasi Orangutan Kalimantan berkurang hingga 55% hal ini diakibatkan karena adanya penebangan liar, pembukaan lahan kelapa sawit dan perburuan liar. Hal ini juga disepakati melalui Konvensi tentang Perdagangan Internasional tumbuhan dan satwa liar atau Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) bahwa Orangutan adalah salah satu primata yang terancam punah dan merupakan hewan yang harus kita lindungi. Penulis menggunakan teori advokasi dalam menjelaskan upaya BOS. Menghadapi situasi ini, BOS Foundation melakukan sebuah upaya atau cara melalui kampanye di media sosial dengan hastag #ClimbForOrangutan, #OrangutanFreedom dan #SaveDodo, upaya lain yang dilakukan BOS Foundation agar terus berjuang dalam penyelamatan Orangutan dan habitatnya ialah bekerjasama dengan mitra-mitra luar negeri maupun organisasi-organisasi yang juga berfokus pada penyelamatan hewan dan konservasi. Kata Kunci: BOS, Orangutan, NGO, Advokasi INTRODUCTION (Pongo Pygamaeus). Kalimantan’s Orangutan is one of the orangutans alone are estimated at endemic animals of the island of around 54 thousand individuals Borneo, which currently lives in an and grouped into three types of unsafe condition. the existence of children. First is Pongo pygmaeus, illegal logging and illegal burning which is north of the Kapuas River of forests makes the Orangutan (West Kalimantan) to the northeast population increasingly decreases. of Sarawak (Malaysia). the second, the rescuers have made various Pongo pygmaeus morio, lives in efforts. One of them is building Sabah (Malaysia) to the south of the captive breeding due to the current Mahakam River, East Kalimantan. condition of the orangutans so the third is Pongo pygmaeus that they can live comfortably and wurmbii, seen from the southern without threats. in Indonesia, there part of the Kapuas River (West are two types of orangutans, namely Kalimantan) to the east of the Barito Sumatran Orangutan (Pongo River (Central Kalimantan) (Teroka Abelli) and Kalimantan orangutan Borneo, 2018). Anggi Nurul Qomari’ah 101 The Effort of NGO BOS (Borneo Orangutan Survival) Foundation Orangutan population is Fauna and Flora (CITES) (BOS, increasingly decreasing. Even 2018). in the last 20 years, Borneo’s The government regulate the orangutan population has protection of animals and plants reduced by 55%. Sumatran and through Law Number 5 of 1990 Kalimantan orangutans have concerning Conservation of Living critically endangered because of Natural Resources and Ecosystems their population of 7,500 living and Government Regulation in nature while the remaining Number 7 of 1999 concerning Borneo Orangutan 57,000 species. Preservation of Plant and Animal Some of the causes of the decline Species, and at the international in orangutan populations include level Orangutans occupy Appendix the practice of poaching and illegal I status in CITES, which means burning, the conversion of forests Orangutans are not for sale (Nur, into oil palm plantations, climate 2017). in dealing with the problem change, and forest fires (WWF, of Orangutans, of course, the role 2018). Convention on International of government alone is not enough, Trade in Endangered Species of Wild and there is a need for cooperation Fauna and Flora (CITES) has agreed from related organizations, the that orangutan is one of Indonesia’s contribution, and participation endemic endangered species and of NGOs (Non-Government needs significant attention so that its Organizations) greatly assist the population is maintained. Bornean, government in the preservation Sumatran, and Tapanuli Orangutan and development of the Orangutan populations are about to extinct itself. in Palangkaraya, Central due to habitat loss due to poaching. Kalimantan, for example, there is an Bornean Orangutan population has orangutan breeding site, the Nyaru declined by more than 80% in the Menteng Arboretum managed last three generations. the World by the conservation organization Conservation Union (IUCN RED BOSF (Borneo Orangutan LIST 2007) classifies these three Survival Foundation). According species as endangered species. It to BOSF, Orangutans at the BOSF also puts them in Appendix I to the rehabilitation center are threatened Convention on International Trade by their population and habitat due in Endangered Species of Wild to illegal logging, forest fires, and oil palm companies. So this has Islamic World and Politics 102 Vol. 4. No. 1 June 2020 become a problem in itself so that #ClimbForOrangutan, and the Orangutan population will not #SaveDodo on social media such as decrease (Rahmadi, 2016). Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, the Borneo Orangutan Survival official website, and others. Foundation (BOSF) is a non-profit Besides, BOS, as an organization organization or NGO in Indonesia based in Indonesia, has done many and was founded by Dr. Wille collaborations with several overseas Smits in 1991 with the objectives organizations, universities, and of orangutan reintroduction, palm oil companies. the presence rehabilitation, and protection of BOS Australia, BOS Germany, of wildlife habitat protected by and BOS Switzerland marks the law, especially Orangutans and expansion of this organization. providing information, outreach the BOS Foundation manages and education, community two reintroduction programs, capacity building, community namely Nyaru Menteng in Central empowerment, and community Kalimantan and Samboja Lestari awareness-raising. BOS manages in East Kalimantan. Both BOS the orangutan rescue, rehabilitation, Foundation programs focus on and reintroduction program in rehabilitation and reintroduction East and Central Kalimantan. BOS activities, in line with national Foundation has a vision of «Realizing policies and international guidelines the Conservation of the Orangutan and criteria (IUCN). When an of Kalimantan and its Habitat orangutan baby lives separately from with community participation,» its mother, they lose all learning and its mission of Reintroduction, time early. Therefore, rehabilitation Protection, Community aims to equip orangutans who have Empowerment, Research and lost their mothers by providing Education, Collaboration, and them with skills in how to survive. Institutional Capacity (BOS, BOS After they are old enough and Foundation Vision and Mission). have the skills, they are ready to be the BOS Foundation’s efforts to save released into the forest. 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