Peat Power!
Protect Our Peat-Powered Planet Peat is important. Maybe you’ve heard that before, but chances are this knowledge probably hasn’t impacted your day-to-day life much beyond switching to peat-free fertilisers if you’re an especially conscientious gardener. But what is peat, and why is it so important? What is peat? Peat forms when decaying organic matter—dead plants […]
Could You Be the One (%)?
It’s Valentine’s Day, and Cupid’s not the only matchmaker in town… We’re excited to announce that we’ve joined 1% for the Planet to find our perfect business partners! 1% for the Planet is a global directory which allows businesses to connect with environmental causes. Good businesses that are serious about their environmental responsibilities can use the platform to donate 1% of their annual profits to NGOs, building a better future for people and the planet.
Best of Borneo Nature Foundation 2024
2024 was a BIG year for us here at BNF – and we’ve got the numbers to prove it! As our teams forge ahead with this year’s targets, let’s take a moment to look back on all the amazing things you helped us achieve in 2024.
We give a dam: Here’s why you should too
Conventional wisdom suggests that dams are universally bad for wildlife, that they disrupt natural processes and damage critical wetland ecosystems. However, there are some exceptions to the rule. Rather than diverting water away from where it would normally go, dams can help to prevent peatland drainage by blocking manmade canals, creating a natural buffer against forest fires. Here at Borneo Nature Foundation, we give a dam – and that’s a good thing!
Rainforests and You: Make the Connection
It’s in your lungs. It’s in your fridge, your medicine cabinet and your weather forecast. It affects your life every. single. day. It may be thousands of miles away, but Borneo’s rainforest is much closer than you think…
TIME TRAVEL WITH US.
Our ’23 Annual Report is out now! A year of connected conservation action all in one place. We won’t lie, 2023 was a trial by fire – literally – putting years of dedication to the test. But, when the wildfires raged on a scale not seen since the disastrous El Niño of 2015, we were […]
Baby Orangutans: A New Hope
Earlier this week we shared the exciting news that three new baby orangutans have been born close to one of our camps in the last 12 months. Two of them members of the G Family, headed by grand matriarch Gracia, whilst the most recent newborn belongs to mother-of-three Feb. Orangutans are the poster children […]
Peatland Degradation Poses a Major Threat to Borneo’s Forests: Here’s What We Can Do
Land degradation, climate change and biodiversity loss are intrinsically linked and increasingly affecting human wellbeing. Under climate change, extreme weather events such as drought and flooding are becoming more frequent and severe, degrading the land and hastening biodiversity loss. In turn, biodiversity loss contributes to land degradation through reduced nutrient cycling. Degraded landscapes store less […]