Uploaded September 2015 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This footage was recorded by members of the local Community Patrol Team, who are managed by our partners CIMTROP.
Burning along the Sabangau River, this fire was quickly extinguished by the Community Patrol Team, keeping the world’s largest orangutan population, plus a huge number of other wildlife, safe.
The Community Patrol Team are now on high alert. With a strong El Niño event underway and expected to continue into 2016, the dry season has really taken hold in Borneo, and peat fires are now raging. Haze from these fires has been shrouding the Sabangau Forest and the city of Palangka Raya for the last month. Flights are being cancelled and air pollutant levels are now considered “dangerous” in the city, posing a risk to public health.
OuTrop needs your help to support the efforts of the Community Patrol Team in tackling these devastating fires and provide a secure future for the orangutans, gibbons and other incredible wildlife that call Sabangau home. Please support us in any way you can:
mydonate.bt.com/events/forestfires
This footage was recorded by members of the local Community Patrol Team, who are managed by our partners CIMTROP.
Burning along the Sabangau River, this fire was quickly extinguished by the Community Patrol Team, keeping the world’s largest orangutan population, plus a huge number of other wildlife, safe.
The Community Patrol Team are now on high alert. With a strong El Niño event underway and expected to continue into 2016, the dry season has really taken hold in Borneo, and peat fires are now raging. Haze from these fires has been shrouding the Sabangau Forest and the city of Palangka Raya for the last month. Flights are being cancelled and air pollutant levels are now considered “dangerous” in the city, posing a risk to public health.
OuTrop needs your help to support the efforts of the Community Patrol Team in tackling these devastating fires and provide a secure future for the orangutans, gibbons and other incredible wildlife that call Sabangau home. Please support us in any way you can:
mydonate.bt.com/events/forestfires
