The orangutan population is fading away more rapidly than you could probably think. These gentle, furry apes are missing their natural environment mainly due to human industry, trade, architecture etc. Due to this, their endangered status is becoming much more critical. 

Palm oil production plays a significant role in the hand of the orangutan’s disappearance, as it is actually eating up the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra. Eventually, deforestation for palm oil harvesting and unnecessary logging procedures has to lead to the loss of 90% of this beloved orangutan home.

Today it is calculated that 28,000 species are killed every year in the world’s rainforests, or we can say around 78 species a day. Eventually, these Orangutans are found simply in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra.

The population of wild orangutans decreased by more than half in the last 50 years. And approximately 80% of their natural habitat has been lost in the previous half-century. Recent research indicates that there are possibly 49,000 to 64,000 orangutans left in the wild.

Now let see more in depth about the organization which are functioning in the favor of this orangutans. So this are the Top ten non-profit animal rescued and rainforest conservation organization.

Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation

The Borneo Orangutan Survival (BOS) Foundation is an Indonesian non-profit NGO. So, it’s organize by Dr Willie Smits in 1991 and devote to preserving the imperil Borneo orangutan. And its environment the involvement of local people.

It has been audit by a multinational auditor firm and governs under the legal authorization with the Indonesian Ministry of Forest to protect and rehabilitate orangutan.

BOS organists orangutan rescue, restoration and re-introduction programmed in East and Central Kalimantan. However, more than 600 orangutans in its care and hiring between seven hundred and a thousand people at a hundred sites. That’s the reason why BOS is recognize as the biggest primate conservation NGO worldwide.

Orangutan Foundation UK

Orangutan organization was the first of its kind in the United Kingdom, established in the year 1990. Apparently, this Orangutan Foundation UK has a plan to safeguard the Indonesian orangutan. So, it species by involving the public through worldwide media endeavors. And even operating in partnership with corporate and governmental organizations.

Apart from all, this Orangutan Foundation has an extraordinary and diverse method to orangutan conservation. However, it supports all orangutan species, and the team of dedicated Indonesian staff carries out their functioning.

International Animal Rescue

International Animal Rescue (IAR) is an animal protection and preservation non-profit organization. So, that help to support the suffering animals with hands-on rescue and rehabilitation and the safety of wildlife environments. IAR Organization is based in the year 1989.

Yet, IAR is an organization that helps to safeguard numerous animal species, involving the orangutan. It is specialized in saving young orangutans that have been caught from the wild and traded as pets.

The orangutans who saved by IAR go to live at their Orangutan Rescue Center where they understand how to be wild orangutans in a three-year-long orangutan school. Apart from this IAR organization aims to enlighten the public in the humane treatment of all animals and the natural environment’s conservation.

Amazon Watch

Amazon Watch is a non-profit organization establish in the year 1996, which is situate in Oakland, California. Eventually, the main objective of Amazon watch organization is to help to keep safe the rainforest and advance the rights of indigenous peoples in the Amazon Basin.

Apparently, it has been working together with the indigenous and the environmental organizations in country like Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and Brazil for the rights of human justices, corporate accountability and the conservation of the Amazon’s ecological systems. So, the total revenue of this organization is around US$ 1,485,169.

Amazon Conservation Association (ACA)

Amazon Conservation Association (ACA) is a Non-Governmental organization helping to economies the Amazon basin’s biodiversity by advancing new scientific acknowledge, credible resource management and practical land-use policy.

However, a fundamental motive of this organization is to improve field research sites varying from high elevation cloud forest to the lower Amazonian forest. At the ACA field sites, institute students and experimenters must research and assess these various ecosystems. The total revenue of this organization is around US$ 7,834,629.

Rainforest Action Network (RAN)

Rainforest Action Network (RAN) is an environmental organization situate in San Francisco, California, United States. However, this organization established by Randy “Hurricane” Hayes and Mike Roselle in the year 1985.

Rainforest Action Network has a significant focus on preserving the forests. Protecting the climate and upholds human rights by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice.

Besides from this it first gain its national significance with a grassroots organizing campaign that in was in the year 1987 succeed in convincing Burger King to cancel $31 million worth of destructive Central American rainforest beef contracts.

Rainforest Alliance

The Rainforest Alliance is an international non-governmental organization (NGO) founded in New York City and Amsterdam, with projects in more than 60 countries. Daniel Katz founded this organization in the year 1987, and he serves as Chair of the board of directors.

Its fundamental work is the provision of environmental certification on endurable forestry and farming and tourism. Its certificate mark provides proof to consumers about business methods, depends on specific standards they form.

Rainforest Alliance is a product-oriented multi-stakeholder authority group merging the dividends of firms, agriculturist, foresters, societies, and customers to achieve bearable and unified goods and services.

World Wide Fund

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is an international non-governmental organization establish in the year 1961 that functions in the region of wilderness conservation and reduces the human effect on the environment. It earlier recognize as the World Wildlife Fund, which continues its official name in Canada and the United States.

WWF is the world’s largest conservation organization, with over 5.5 million followers worldwide. So, this organization helping in more than 110 countries and assisting around 3,100 conservation and environmental projects. They have funded over $1 billion in more than twelve thousands preservation initiatives since 1995.

The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT)

The Amazon Conservation Team (ACT) is a non-profit organization that functions in alliance with indigenous people of tropical South America in maintaining the biodiversity of the Amazon rainforest, as well as the species and territory of its indigenous people.

 Mark Plotkin and Costa Rican conservationist, Liliana Madrigal founded Amazon Conservation Team ACT in the year 1996. The organization is mainly functional in the northwest, northeast, and southern region the Amazon. The total revenue of this organization is around US$ 4,927,682.

Rainforest Foundation US

The Rainforest Foundation US is a non-profit NGO functioning in Central and South America. The Rainforest Foundation US first organized in the year 1988 by Sting and his wife Trudie Styler after the indigenous leader of the Kayapo people of Brazil, and the chief Raoni made a subjective plea to them for supporting his community to protect their lands and people.

It is one of the first worldwide organizations to help the indigenous peoples of the world’s rain forests in their feats to safeguard their environment and fulfill their rights to land, life and assistance.

Final Verdict

It’s quite a bit challenging work that has been undertaken by this valuable non-profit organization for rescuing. The animals that have been caught and had been sold out for money as a pet.

So do let me know in the comments box which one of the organization work. you like the most in terms of reusing animal and their habitat.