ISB Names their very own Orangutan

Sukau, Sabah, Malaysia
14 April 2007

A Memorandum of Understanding between Red Ape Encounters (RAE), a community-based Orang-utan ecotourism project and the International School of Brunei (ISB) was signed on 14 April 2007 in Sukau. The ceremony was witnessed by village head, representative from Sabah Wildlife Department, staff of ISB and RAE.

During their trek to the site the party observed a fifteen year old orang utan called Jalina with her two year old infant. ISB has been given permission by the Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Society to name the baby “Juta” in honour of the Million Trees Project. Mr. Sahdin Lias the Managing Director of RAE thanked ISB for its efforts in supporting the community based eco tourism enterprise and the conservation of orang- utans  in the lower Kinabatangan floodplain.