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Protect & restore
2025 REPORT
BORNEO
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Protecting the habitat
of Bornean orangutans
AMOUNT COMMITED TO DATE: € 83.700 – WE CONTRIBUTE
THROUGH THE TIME AND COMMITMENT OF OUR TEAMS.
2019 > PRESENT
The Bornean orangutan is one of the three existing orangutan species and is found only in the forests of Borneo,
its sole natural habitat. Affected by deforestation and poaching, its population has declined by more than 60%
over the past 60 years. In recent years, the Pairi Daiza Foundation has contributed to the implementation of two
major projects to the species. These include the planting of 11,000 trees in a degraded area in southern Borneo,
helping to restore vital habitat, and the reintroduction of nine orphaned orangutans into the wild after a long
rehabilitation process.
Since 2023, the Pairi Daiza Foundation has continued its work to protect and restore the habitat of Bornean
orangutans, in collaboration with the Borneo Nature Foundation. This includes involvement in a forest fire prevention
project in Sebangau National Park, which is home to the largest protected population of Bornean orangutans in
the world (approximately 6,000 individuals). The forest is increasingly threatened by fires, which are becoming
more frequent and severe each year. A major contributing factor is the presence of illegally dug drainage canals,
originally created for timber extraction, which dry out the peat and make it highly flammable. The project aims to
reduce the risk of fires and limit their impact by building dams across drainage canals to re-wet the peatland. It also
strengthens the capacity of local patrol teams so they can respond more quickly and effectively to fire outbreaks.
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