Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation Center faces land conversion threat

An orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus morio) is seen at the Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation Center in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, Wednesday (April 29, 2026). According to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), the 1,853-hectare conservation area, home to 111 orangutans, 75 sun bears, and other wildlife, is under threat from land conversion activities such as mining and plantations. ANTARA FOTO/Angga Palguna/wsj/M052

An orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus morio) is seen at the Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation Center in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, Wednesday (April 29, 2026). According to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), the 1,853-hectare conservation area, home to 111 orangutans, 75 sun bears, and other wildlife, is under threat from land conversion activities such as mining and plantations. ANTARA FOTO/Angga Palguna/wsj/M052

An orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus morio) is seen at the Samboja Lestari Rehabilitation Center in Kutai Kartanegara, East Kalimantan, Wednesday (April 29, 2026). According to the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOSF), the 1,853-hectare conservation area, home to 111 orangutans, 75 sun bears, and other wildlife, is under threat from land conversion activities such as mining and plantations. ANTARA FOTO/Angga Palguna/wsj/M052