Anak Sebangau enjoyed a cultural exchange activity with Australian Schools
It was one sunny day on Wednesday 4 April 2018 when kelotok, a small traditional wooden boat from the Sebangau National Park forest took the Australian School trip groups back to Kereng Bangkirai Village. The groups of Springfield Central High School and Cleveland District State High School were just back from three wondrous days of […]
BNF’s Scientist to Receive Zoology Society of London (ZSL) Marsh Award for Conservation Biology
One of many concerns of Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) is to conduct quality research. In addition to that, our scientists have been working on the diverse research topics on conservation and the wildlife. Recently, a research carried out by our scientist and also BNF’s Co-Director, Dr. Susan M. Cheyne, on gibbon conservation has been selected […]
BNF gives hands on experience to Australian Schools in exploring the lowland forest of Borneo
Recently, BNF was visited by two high schools from Australia namely Springfield Central High School and Cleveland District State High School that came for their school trips to Central Kalimantan. The total number of the participants on the school trip was 19, consisting of 13 school students and 6 teachers. The two schools spent three […]
BNF Continues Its Commitment on Community Building for Fire Prevention
The forest fire is inevitable to occur during the dry season in Central Kalimantan. As a consequence, not only that the fire brings the threat to the forest and its ecosystem, but the smoke of the fire also leaves the long-term effects on human. Looking back to the year of 2015 when the haze […]
Planting the trees for a new hope
Written by Petricia A. Hutasoit During the last 2 months, Anak Sabangau Education Program initiated by BNF has done some activities at the new pondok in Kereng Bangkirai village. The pondok consists of two small temporary lodges in an open area with some trees around. Because Anak Sabangau has thematic enviromental education every month, we […]
The Critically Endangered orangutan identified as an important seed disperser
New research has thrown light on the important role of orangutans as seed dispersers or “gardeners of the forest” in the jungles of Borneo. Researchers from Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF), University of New South Wales and Kings Park Science in Western Australia, investigated orangutan seed dispersal through studying both wild orangutans in the Sabangau Forest […]
Habitat Usage by Primates in the Human-Disturbed Forests of Kalimantan
Written by Dr. Susan Cheyne (BNF’s Co-director) The recent report of 100k orangutans having died in Borneo over a 16 year period have brought attention back to the high rates of deforestation prevailing in Borneo and its devastating impact on its unique primate fauna. Analysis by UNEP indicates that Borneo has lost a significant chunk […]
Learning to fly: the local community benefits from drone training
It was cloudy when the BNF Team arrived in the village of Sabaru near the Sebangau National Park, on Monday 26 March 2018. There we saw 13 people already waiting for us. The people are from the Center for International Cooperation in Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatland (CIMTROP) at the University of Palangka Raya and […]
Mapping the Education Forest in the Rungan Landscape (Part 1)
Written by Nityasa Namaskari (BNF’s Field Coordinator KHDTK Mungku Baru) Yuyus and Adit from the BNF drone team (accompanied by me) were assigned to map the Education Forest, using the quadcopter drone, near the village of Mungku Baru (4,910 hectares) nestled in the Rungan Landscape. The task was simple, fly the quadcopter from base camp […]
Research continues in other areas within the Rungan Landscape
The Rungan landscape is one of Borneo Nature Foundation’s newest research sites, with rainforest covering nearly 150,000 hectares of this under-studied and highly-threatened area. Our programme aims to build a foundation to protect the forest and the biodiversity within the landscape, through partnerships with communities, industry and government stakeholders. Since 2016, BNF has been carrying […]