ADOPT AN ORANGUTAN
These gentle apes are clinging to survival and desperately need your help.
These intelligent tree-dwellers are clinging to survival
The forests of Borneo were once teeming with orangutans. They are the ultimate forest gardeners, spreading seeds to help maintain the forest ecosystem.
But these magnificent primates are now under threat of extinction.
In the last 40 years, habitat destruction has destroyed 35% of their forest homes, thanks to demand for paper, timber and palm oil products. Humans are also a danger, poaching these great apes for the pet trade, food, or retaliation when they migrate to agricultural areas and destroy crops.
Adopting an orangutan today can help protect them from extinction. Your monthly donations will symbolise your support for conservation and animal advocacy, and ensure orangutans remain part of the environment forever.
And for each orangutan you assist, you'll also help a host of other wildlife.
These intelligent tree-dwellers are clinging to survival
The forests of Borneo were once teeming with orangutans. They are the ultimate forest gardeners, spreading seeds to help maintain the forest ecosystem.
But these magnificent primates are now under threat of extinction.
In the last 40 years, habitat destruction has destroyed 35% of their forest homes, thanks to demand for paper, timber and palm oil products. Humans are also a danger, poaching these great apes for the pet trade, food, or retaliation when they migrate to agricultural areas and destroy crops.
Adopting an orangutan today can help protect them from extinction. Your monthly donations will symbolise your support for conservation and animal advocacy, and ensure orangutans remain part of the environment forever.
And for each orangutan you assist, you'll also help a host of other wildlife.
How your donation can help orangutans
By adopting an orangutan today, you can change the fate of these mighty apes by protecting and restoring the trees they need for food and shelter to survive in the wild.
Protecting the orangutan from climate crisis
To save the world’s at-risk species, it’s vital that we stabilise the climate. WWF is working with governments to transition countries to green energy and turn Australia into a renewable energy exports superpower.
Providing safe havens for wildlife
Your support is helping protect key areas of habitat. You’re helping make sure the world’s rarest, most majestic and beautiful animals will always have a place to call home.
Advocating for planet-friendly food
Intensive farming is having a huge impact on wildlife around the world. With your help, WWF is working to boost sustainable agriculture, end unsustainable fishing practices, and stop deforestation.
Protecting our oceans that provides rainfall for orangutans to drink
With your help, WWF will be able to expand marine protected areas, fight to stop commercial gill net fishing, and push for bans on single use plastics to keep them out of our seas.
We can't protect orangutans without you
When you symbolically adopt an orangutan, we want you to join them on their journey to a safer future. Your special adoption gift pack includes an adoption certificate, fact book, Living Planet magazine, WWF sticker and an optional cuddly orangutan plush toy. You'll also receive regular updates on how your kind donations are helping to conserve and protect the world's most vulnerable wildlife.
Give a unique and memorable gift
An orangutan adoption is the perfect gift for any animal lover. It's also a great way to inspire friends, family and loved ones to care for nature as much as you do.
We can send this gift to you or directly to your gift recipient. For last minute gifts, you can print a personalised adoption certificate or email it directly to your gift recipient.