{"id":1291,"date":"2026-09-09T14:48:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webmediamall.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/unicorn778-rescuers-scramble-to-save-orangutans-as-el-nino-boosted-fires-spread-across-borneo-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T14:48:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T14:48:14","slug":"unicorn778-rescuers-scramble-to-save-orangutans-as-el-nino-boosted-fires-spread-across-borneo-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webmediamall.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/09\/unicorn778-rescuers-scramble-to-save-orangutans-as-el-nino-boosted-fires-spread-across-borneo-peluang-terburuk-saat-bermain-slot-online\/","title":{"rendered":"UNICORN778 Rescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Ni\u00f1o-boosted fires spread across Borneo Peluang Terburuk Saat Bermain Slot Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-329232\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"bulletpoints-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"bulletpoints\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>Through last month, Indonesian wildlife conservation NGO YIARI and government conservation officials recovered seven critically endangered Bornean orangutans from wildfires raging across the island.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>One of the orangutans died from smoke exposure, while others were taken some to YIARI\u2019s rehabilitation center and some released others into a nearby national park.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>A strengthening El Ni\u00f1o threatens to fuel major fires across Indonesia\u2019s peatlands and mineral soils during this year\u2019s dry season.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>YIARI workers in Ketapang district, a low-lying peatland area in Borneo\u2019s West Kalimantan province, remain on high alert for orangutans stranded or injured by wildfires.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"content-expander\"><span>See All Key Ideas<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>BANJARMASIN, Indonesia \u2014 As a strengthening El Ni\u00f1o fuels wildfires across much of Indonesia, NGO and government conservationists are at work in forests here trying to save an increasing number of orangutans from burning landscapes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeven individuals were rescued through August,\u201d said Heribertus Suciadi, spokesperson for Yayasan International Animal Rescue Indonesia (YIARI), a Borneo-based NGO working to establish and maintain sustainable orangutan populations.<\/p>\n<p>The Bornean orangutan (<em>Pongo pygmaeus<\/em>) is one of three orangutan species in the world, and the only one found on the island of Borneo. All three species of orangutan are critically endangered and native to Indonesia. The Sumatran orangutan (<em>Pongo abelii<\/em>) and Tapanuli orangutan (<em>Pongo tapanuliensis<\/em>) are both found on the island of Sumatra.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent assessment by the IUCN, the global wildlife conservation authority, estimated just over 100,000 Bornean orangutans remained in the wild. But that survey was conducted in 2016, and conservationists estimated a projected decline in the Bornean species population of around 86% between 1950 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers attribute this population collapse over three generations to habitat loss and direct killing. Orangutans also reproduce exceptionally slowly, with Bornean females typically giving birth to a single offspring about every seven to eight years, making populations particularly slow to recover from losses. In addition, major wildfire crises accelerate the decline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecurrent forest fires, especially in peat forests, cause additional sharp declines about once every decade,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucnredlist.org\/fr\/species\/17975\/259043172\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">IUCN noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Indonesian meteorologists expect an intense fire season through October as climate forecasts point to a strengthening El Ni\u00f1o, a warming of sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean that disrupts global weather patterns. In Indonesia, El Ni\u00f1o is typically associated with hot, dry conditions, and amplified risk of wildfires.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_329236\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09065744\/Orangutan-kalimantan.jpg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-329236\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09065744\/Orangutan-kalimantan.jpg\" alt=\"An adult orangutan drinking from a peat river in the Tanjung Puting National Park area, Central Kalimantan. \" width=\"1200\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09065744\/Orangutan-kalimantan.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09065744\/Orangutan-kalimantan-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09065744\/Orangutan-kalimantan-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09065744\/Orangutan-kalimantan-610x408.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An adult orangutan drinking from a peat river in the Tanjung Puting National Park area, Central Kalimantan. Image by Rendy Tisna\/ Mongabay Indonesia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Wildlife under fire\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>On Aug. 30, residents of Laman Satong village in Ketapang district, in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan, found an adult male orangutan that conservationists named Sampurna in a weak condition near an oil palm plantation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis morning we received information from the public, and immediately conducted a field inspection,\u201d Sarbandi, a spokesperson for the provincial conservation agency, the BKSDA, wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Komara, a veterinarian with YIARI, said the animal was evacuated to the NGO\u2019s rehabilitation center in Sungai Awan Kiri for medical treatment. However, the orangutan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kompas.id\/artikel\/found-weak-orangutan-sampurna-died-due-to-exposure-to-forest-fire-smoke\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">died several hours later<\/a> from symptoms associated with smoke exposure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn conditions of severe exposure, especially when the smoke is very thick and lasts for several days, orangutans can experience respiratory distress and oxygen deficiency or hypoxia,\u201d Komara said.<\/p>\n<p>Three days earlier, a team from YIARI, the BKSDA and Gunung Palung National Park rescued a mother and infant orangutan, which they named Mama Yayuk and Yayuk, from an oil palm plantation in Mayak village, also in Ketapang district. The pair were later released into Gunung Palung National Park, a safe habitat with plentiful food sources.<\/p>\n<p>On\u00a0Aug. 21, YIARI evacuated another mother orangutan and her two offspring \u2014 Mama Yuni, Pura, and Yuni \u2014 from a community orchard in Tanjungpura village, Ketapang, after the orangutans were found cut off from their habitat by wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>And earlier in the month, on Aug. 6, the YIARI team recovered Wak, a male orangutan, who had wandered into a community orchard in Kuala Tolak village, also in Ketapang.<\/p>\n<p>Murlan Dameria Pane, head of\u00a0the BKSDA, said the agency was on high alert to attend to wildlife under threat from wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe follow up on every report from the public, whether that\u2019s directly or via\u00a0the call center,\u00a0about wild animals that need to be evacuated as quickly as possible,\u201d Murlan said.<\/p>\n<p>Argitoe Ranting, operational lead at YIARI, said the spread of wildfires in Ketapang had put the NGO\u2019s staff on high alert, and that the public should call in orangutan sightings, rather than approach the animals themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe impact of forest and land fires on wildlife doesn\u2019t always involve burns,\u201d Argitoe said.\u00a0 \u201cExposure to smoke can also cause serious health problems, so any report of an animal in a weak or abnormal condition requires immediate attention.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_329237\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09065841\/Orangutan-Sampurna1.jpeg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-329237\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09065841\/Orangutan-Sampurna1.jpeg\" alt=\"Throughout August 2026, the YIARI team rescued seven individual orangutans affected by forest and land fires in Ketapang, West Kalimantan. \" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09065841\/Orangutan-Sampurna1.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09065841\/Orangutan-Sampurna1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09065841\/Orangutan-Sampurna1-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09065841\/Orangutan-Sampurna1-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Throughout August 2026, the YIARI team rescued seven individual orangutans affected by forest and land fires in Ketapang, West Kalimantan. Image courtesy of YIARI.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_329238\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09070024\/Orangutan-Sampurna2.jpeg\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-329238\" src=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09070024\/Orangutan-Sampurna2.jpeg\" alt=\"This male orangutan, named Sampurna, was found by residents in a weak condition near an oil palm plantation in Ketapang, West Kalimantan.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09070024\/Orangutan-Sampurna2.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09070024\/Orangutan-Sampurna2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09070024\/Orangutan-Sampurna2-350x233.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/imgs.mongabay.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2026\/09\/09070024\/Orangutan-Sampurna2-610x407.jpeg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">This male orangutan, named Sampurna, was found by residents in a weak condition near an oil palm plantation in Ketapang, West Kalimantan. Image courtesy of YIARI.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>West Kalimantan fires surge<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Indonesia faces two critical months ahead as a prolonged dry season heightens the risk of drought and wildfires across the archipelago. During previous El Ni\u00f1o events, rains came too late to douse peatland fires, arriving only after October, when the dry season typically transitions to wet.<\/p>\n<p>According to Indonesia\u2019s disaster management agency, the BNPB, 28,680 hectares (70,870 acres) of land had been burned in West Kalimantan through Aug. 9, accounting for more than half of the 48,889 hectares (120,807 acres) of burned land across the six worst-hit provinces: West, Central, and South Kalimantan in Borneo; and Riau, Jambi, and South Sumatra in Sumatra.<\/p>\n<p>Ketapang had more hotspots, indicative of fires, than any other district in West Kalimantan through July 27, said Indra Syahnanda, advocacy and campaign lead the West Kalimantan chapter of the Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi), the country\u2019s largest environmental nonprofit.<\/p>\n<p>From Jan. 1 to July 27, 2026, 17,236 hotspots with moderate to high confidence levels were recorded across West Kalimantan. Ketapang had the highest concentration of hotspots, with 3,715. Hotspots detected by satellites are indicators of possible fires, however, and do not necessarily correspond to individual fires on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>Ketapang is dominated by low-lying coastal plains and river deltas, much of it covered by peatlands. Over thousands of years, waterlogged vegetation has accumulated into deep, carbon-rich soils. When drained for plantations and dried by prolonged drought, however, peat becomes highly flammable.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, women from Ketapang district together with YIARI formed an all-women firefighting unit called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2023\/11\/in-borneo-the-power-of-mama-fight-indonesias-wildfires-with-all-woman-crew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">the Power of Mama<\/a>\u201d to counter wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>Walhi\u2019s Argitoe said some fires in Ketapang were burning on land that had once been designated as protected, but later redesignated for agricultural use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of this peatland was previously located in protected areas. Then, due to changes in spatial planning, some protected peatland was converted into cultivated peatland and given to concessions,\u201d Argitoe said. \u201cThis change in spatial planning is also a problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Banner image:<\/strong> This orangutan, named Sampurna, was rescued after being exposed to smoke from forest and land fires in Ketapang Regency, West Kalimantan. Image courtesy of\u00a0 YIARI.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This story was first published <a href=\"https:\/\/mongabay.co.id\/2026\/09\/03\/akibat-karhutla-7-individu-orangutan-kalimantan-diselamatkan-di-ketapang\/\" data-wpel-link=\"external\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external\">here<\/a> in Indonesian on Sept. 3, 2026.<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Lawo7GuLYd\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2026\/09\/singkil-peat-swamp-the-embattled-orangutan-capital-of-the-world\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Singkil peat swamp: The embattled orangutan capital of the world<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cSingkil peat swamp: The embattled orangutan capital of the world\u201d \u2014 Conservation news\" src=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2026\/09\/singkil-peat-swamp-the-embattled-orangutan-capital-of-the-world\/embed\/#?secret=gTPOfpp8v9#?secret=Lawo7GuLYd\" data-secret=\"Lawo7GuLYd\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Tyw4hbGitk\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2023\/11\/in-borneo-the-power-of-mama-fight-indonesias-wildfires-with-all-woman-crew\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">In Borneo, the \u2018Power of Mama\u2019 fight Indonesia\u2019s wildfires with all-woman crew<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"\u201cIn Borneo, the \u2018Power of Mama\u2019 fight Indonesia\u2019s wildfires with all-woman crew\u201d \u2014 Conservation news\" src=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2023\/11\/in-borneo-the-power-of-mama-fight-indonesias-wildfires-with-all-woman-crew\/embed\/#?secret=I998eE9Xq3#?secret=Tyw4hbGitk\" data-secret=\"Tyw4hbGitk\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"single-article-footer\">\n<div id=\"cite-article\" class=\"align-left banner bg-brand-color crossref-doi outlined ph--16 pv--16\">\n<h2>Cite this article<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"crossref-doi\">Rendy Tisna (2026). 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