Action

Orangutan Habitat Restoration We have been pioneering a forest restoration program on degraded lands in the Leuser Ecosystem since 2008 where over 2390 hectares of High Conservation Value forest, formingpart of the globally significant Leuser Ecosystem, was illegaly cleared for plantation development. We have reclaimed illegal plantation and chopped down more than 15,000 palm oil […]

The Human-Orangutan Conflict Response Unit (HOCRU) was created in 2010 with UNESCO funding. As a project, HOCRU was created to address Human- Orangutan conflict in agricultural landscape in Northern Sumatra (Aceh and North Sumatra provinces). As a team unit, HOCRU is a direct response to the threats and their consequences to orangutans such as tackling […]

Sumatran Rescue Alliance The Sumatran Rescue Alliance (SRA) is a rescue center for orangutans and other protected primates established in 2020 through a collaboration between the North Sumatra Natural Resources Conservation Agency (BBKSDA), the Aceh BKSDA, the Orangutan Information Center (OIC), and the Center for Orangutan Protection (COP), with support from The Orangutan Project. SRA […]

Community Agroforestry, Reforestation and Education (CARE) This community engagement programme fosters the creation of villages that serve as models of conservation-oriented living. We promote environtmental education, awareness, and habitat protection, whilst supporting sustainable development and livelihoods. This programme is targeted on a number of critical communities adjacent to orangutan habitat. In each village, a community-based […]

FOREST & WILDLIFE PROTECTION UNIT The Forest and Wildlife Patrol Unit (ForWPU) is a programme to encourage the active participation of local communities in the conservation and protection efforts and assist the law enforcement process for forestry-related crimes in and around the Leuser Ecosystem. The ForWPU currently has two patrol team consisting of six trained […]

At the moment, OIC conducts some research & survey in each of our restoration sites due to plant inventory and orangutan nests.