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Indonesia Airlifts 11 Orangutans to Safety From Borneo Fires
(MENAFN) Indonesia evacuated 11 orangutans this week from a forest fire on its portion of Borneo and is now closely tracking their health, an official said Friday.
M. Ari Wibawanto, head of the East Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), told a state news agency that the orangutans remain healthy and in safe condition despite limited facilities on the ground.
The rescue unfolded Tuesday after a fast-moving land fire reached a protected forest reserve in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, where the animals had been undergoing rehabilitation. Since being moved into enclosed evacuation cages in Samboja, the orangutans have displayed behavioral changes, including signs of boredom stemming from the absence of natural canopy stimulation. A joint medical team is now caring for them to ease stress and support their cognitive development.
Separately, an adult male orangutan discovered last week in Ketapang regency died from respiratory complications tied to thick wildfire smoke that had blanketed its habitat for days. A necropsy revealed pathological damage to the heart, kidneys and lungs, suspected to be linked to smoke exposure.
Cloud Seeding Operations
National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Berton Panjaitan told Anadolu that Indonesia is running cloud seeding operations to maximize rainfall and boost soil and peatland moisture, a strategy aimed at suppressing existing fires and preventing new hotspots in priority zones including Kalimantan and Sumatra.
Panjaitan said the response also includes ground operations, water bombing, patrols and cooling efforts. He noted that active fires persist in several regions — particularly Sumatra and Kalimantan — though some have already been contained.
To combat ongoing blazes, the Indonesian Air Force deployed a Caracal helicopter fitted with a water bucket near Nusantara, the country's planned new capital in East Kalimantan. Jambi province separately sent two water-bombing helicopters to fight fires that have scorched six hectares of the Sultan Thaha Saifuddin Forest Park in Batang Hari district, the provincial government said.
M. Ari Wibawanto, head of the East Kalimantan Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BKSDA), told a state news agency that the orangutans remain healthy and in safe condition despite limited facilities on the ground.
The rescue unfolded Tuesday after a fast-moving land fire reached a protected forest reserve in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, where the animals had been undergoing rehabilitation. Since being moved into enclosed evacuation cages in Samboja, the orangutans have displayed behavioral changes, including signs of boredom stemming from the absence of natural canopy stimulation. A joint medical team is now caring for them to ease stress and support their cognitive development.
Separately, an adult male orangutan discovered last week in Ketapang regency died from respiratory complications tied to thick wildfire smoke that had blanketed its habitat for days. A necropsy revealed pathological damage to the heart, kidneys and lungs, suspected to be linked to smoke exposure.
Cloud Seeding Operations
National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) spokesperson Berton Panjaitan told Anadolu that Indonesia is running cloud seeding operations to maximize rainfall and boost soil and peatland moisture, a strategy aimed at suppressing existing fires and preventing new hotspots in priority zones including Kalimantan and Sumatra.
Panjaitan said the response also includes ground operations, water bombing, patrols and cooling efforts. He noted that active fires persist in several regions — particularly Sumatra and Kalimantan — though some have already been contained.
To combat ongoing blazes, the Indonesian Air Force deployed a Caracal helicopter fitted with a water bucket near Nusantara, the country's planned new capital in East Kalimantan. Jambi province separately sent two water-bombing helicopters to fight fires that have scorched six hectares of the Sultan Thaha Saifuddin Forest Park in Batang Hari district, the provincial government said.
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