Nardiyono, Kayong Agro Lestari Conservation Manager
We want the orangutans to live off the forests

The forest fires in West Kalimantan these past three months have taken their toll on the local wildlife. Although not all the fauna managed to escape, some managed to find safe haven in neighboring forest areas. One of them is located in the middle of Kayong Agro Lestari (KAL) plantation, a subsidiary of Austindo Nusantara Jaya (ANJ).

The 3,884-hectare conservation area is now home to 24 orangutans. Six of them were brought there at the end of October, after the fire at Kuala Satong village, just outside of KAL's concession area, trapped them. "With the Yayasan International Animal Rescue Indonesia (YIARI) and the Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), we saved those orangutans," said Nardiyono, KAL conservation manager. The six orangutans consisted of three mothers and their offsprings.

December 1, 2015