We’ve been to Sumatra! We worked with the teams at the Sumatran Orangutan Society and TaHuKah (Tangguh Hutan Khatulistiwa Foundation) – a local NGO that’s doing incredible work reconnecting forest habitats for Sumatran orangutans and other wildlife.
Our crew – Tony Darbyshire (far left) and Andy Pinder (far right) from the UK, Geoff Pugsley (second from left) from Canada and Marcus Nicholson (second from right) from Australia – went to Indonesia to help train the TaHuKah team in tree climbing, so they can build canopy bridges – special rope pathways up in the trees that let animals move around safely in forests that have been broken up by roads. Orangutans are totally tree-dwellers – they live their whole lives up there – so giving them a way to cross safely without coming down to the ground is a game-changer.
We took three sets of climbing equipment to leave with the team - they now have enough gear for three people to rotate through climbing jobs – setting up bridges and checking canopy camera traps.
To continue to help fund this awesome group we sell Orangutan T Shirts here. All proceeds go to SOS to continue to make change happen.
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Mike Storey at Treekit made a bespoke Multi-Use bag - 5% of all proceeds from the sale of these bags will be donated to this great cause. See Honey Bros website for details on how to get your very own!
