Exclusive wallpaper for WWF members

August marks World Orangutan Day. So, this month, we’re celebrating these amazing apes. 

For a lot of us, August is a great time to get outside in our garden, allotment plot, or community green space. Its long summer days are the perfect time for harvesting summer fruits and vegetables, watering and weeding, preparing for autumn planting, or simply enjoying the space at its most colourful and vibrant peak. 

Orangutans also take part in a spot of gardening, and in turn, help to maintain a diverse and healthy ecosystem in their forest habitats. Known as gardeners of the forest, their foraging helps to spread seeds around the Sumatra and Borneo rainforests, helping to regenerate the habitat with a varied range of resilient and healthy trees. 

But this ‘person of the forest’ (that’s what orangutan means in Malay) is at serious risk.  Their main threat is the loss or fragmentation of their forest habitat, caused by making way for oil palm plantations.  

But thanks to your support, we’re working hard to protect orangutan and their habitats. The good news is that we can produce palm oil sustainably if we ensure that it is deforestation free.

You can bring some orangutan imagery to your desktop, tablet, or mobile phone with our wallpaper and August 2025 calendar, as a thank you for being a WWF member. Just scroll down and click the relevant button to download the image.