Welcoming our first volunteer group of 2017 to Borneo
Every year since 2001 we have welcomed volunteers from around the globe to the Borneo rainforest. This year we will have three groups of enthusiastic volunteers. The first group joining us in the Sabangau Forest arrived last week and are eager to get started! Upon arrival the 10 volunteers were given a full introduction to […]
Rainforest Live: Bringing wildlife sightings to you
On 8 June, BNF was joined by 24 other conservation organisations for Rainforest: Live 2017. We were live on social media from rainforests around the world for the whole day. People experienced the wonders of the tropical rainforest without leaving the comfort of their homes. Incredibly, our hashtag #RainforestLive was viewed over 2.4 million times […]
Chilli and friends (Part 6 – End)
Written by Azis K (Gibbon Project Coordinator) and Cara Wilcox(BNF’s Primate Scientist) Every day I try to find new friends to play with in the forest, but from my experience, I have found it difficult to meet friends that are good to play with. However, this has helped me to learn a lot about the […]
Protecting and restoring peatland with local communities
Earlier this year, we received funding from Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF) to support our Conservation Programme in the Sabangau Forest. The main activities carried out by our conservation team, with the support of the ICCTF grant, are the establishment of a Community Firefighting Teams (Masyarakat Peduli Api – MPA), reforestation, habitat restoration, socialisation […]
Survey dragonflies and damselflies populations to assess changes in the surrounding environment
Written by Jennifer Brousseau (BNF’s Primate Scientist) In the month of April, the BNF-OuTrop Programme began surveying dragonflies and damselflies in the Sabangau forest to assess differences in species abundance and richness throughout the forest. Ari Purwanto, OuTrop Biodiversity Coordinator, explains a bit below about why survey dragonflies, how to carry out the surveys and […]
Rainforest: Live 2017 is coming!
On June 8 people can experience the wonders of a tropical rainforest without leaving the comfort of their homes. We’ll be live on social media from rainforests around the globe. Bringing live wildlife sightings from the rainforest straight to your mobiles, computers and tablets! Rainforest: Live is a day of social media activity to give […]
Waking up at 4 a.m. in Sebangau National Park was a memorable experience! Stories from Green School students
My name is Toby King, I’ve been to Borneo three times now and every single time it blows me away in new inexplicable ways. One of my most favourite experiences was Gibbon triangulation in the Sebangau National Park forest. Waking up at 4am wasn’t easy. Our pants were still wet and our boots filled with […]
Building dams to stop fires in the Sebangau National Park
Written by Desi Natalia (BNF’s Communications Officer) At the beginning of the year, BNF received a grant from the Indonesia Climate Change Trust Fund (ICCTF) to expand our work for land-based mitigation through canal blocking, seedling nursery, reforestation and support of local patrol and fire-fighting teams. We are focusing our efforts to reduce deforestation and […]
Staff from International Animal Rescue join us in Sebangau National Park for skills exchange
Two team members from International Animal Rescue (IAR), Sarbi and Sudin, joined us in the Sebangau National Park to learn more about orangutan nest surveys from our expert and Forestry Coordinator, Santi. They stayed for four days in the nearby village of Kereng Bangkirai and joined Santi in the forest each day for training. Sarbi […]
NEW POPULATION DISCOVERIES: To reveal or not to reveal?
Written by Mark E. Harrison (BNF’s Co-Director) Borneo Nature Foundation aims to support conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems in Kalimantan. In line with this, an important component of our research is conducting surveys to assess the presence and abundance of flora and fauna species in forest areas. This is particularly important for species that […]