Why do baby red langur monkeys change colour?
Written by Eka Cahyaningrum (BNF Primate Scientist) Red langur monkeys (Presbytis rubicunda) can be found on the islands of Borneo and Karimata. This species also lives in the Sebangau National Park peat-swamp forest where we conduct primate behaviour research and other biodiversity studies. The babies of this species are born snow white. The young animals’ […]
Sebangau Ranger: Youth Nature Club in Sebangau
Written by Jesica and Dwi Riyan (Education team) We are Sebangau Ranger, a group of teenagers living in and around Kereng Bengkirai, just outside Palangka Raya the capital of Central Kalimantan province. We are trained and constantly receive mentoring from Borneo Nature Foundation’s education team about the environment surrounding our home and our village, and […]
Strengthening collaboration in the management of the Sebangau National Park
Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) has been working in the Sebangau Forest since 1999 when we started studying the orangutan population in this area (our longest-running programme). Through this research, we identified this forest is home to the largest orangutan population in lowland Borneo, bringing the region to the forefront of orangutan conservation and resulting in […]
Home is Where the Heart Is: Gibbons Are Highly Territorial and Keep the Same Territories Over Many Years
Written by Dr. Susan Cheyne (BNF International Co-director) In a new paper published open access in PLOS ONE we present data from 8 years of gibbon research from Borneo Nature Foundation. This is one of the longest-running gibbon conservation research projects in the world. Gibbons are highly territorial and have two key areas within these […]
Workshop on Integrating Research for Rungan Conservation Presented 6 International Experts
Written by Wendy Erb (Researcher) The good and effective policy requires a well-informed decision-making process, particularly ones that aim for sustainable use of natural resources and conservation of biodiversity. For this reason, two crucial aspects of policy input are ecological aspects and ethnographic aspects. It is important to align both in the search for a […]
Local children learn firsthand in BNF’s Community Seedling Nurseries
Written by Petricia A. Hutasoit (BNF Education Staff) Borneo Nature Foundation’s education program is facilitating learning and education for youth and adolescent near the Sebangau National Park, aiming to reconnect children to nature surrounding their immediate environment, one of them is by introducing community seedling and plant nursery at a young age. This children group, […]
Studying how the forest fires of 2015 have affected the behaviour and health of orangutans
My name is Abi and I’m a masters by research student from the University of Exeter collaborating with BNF and CIMTROP-University of Palangka Raya. I am studying how the forest fires of 2015 have affected the behaviour and health of orangutans in the Sebangau National Park. I am very passionate about this work as forest […]
Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation supports BNF’s conservation efforts
The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation (LDF) is supporting our conservation work to protect Sebangau National Park; the largest lowland forest remaining in Borneo and home to the largest protected orangutan population (more than 6,000 individuals) in the world. Despite this peat-swamp forest being legally protected, it remains threatened by the long-term consequences of illegal and legal […]
Borneo Wildlife Photography Expedition
Center for International Cooperation in Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatlands (CIMTROP) and Avalon International Academy in partnership with Borneo Nature Foundation will hold a Borneo Wildlife Photography Expedition. The event will be held in 16-30 September 2019, and will be an amazing opportunity to capture shots of some of the most incredible wildlife the world has […]
BNF Awarded Special Prize for Endangered Animal Species Conservation
Dr. Mark Harrison (BNF Co-director) on behalf of Borneo Nature Foundation was awarded a Special Prize for Endangered Animal Species from Fondation Ensemble France, for its project to protect Orangutans in Rungan Landscape, Central Borneo. The award was given on May the 23rd, at the Duc des Lombards Jazz Club in Paris, in a festive […]