New Formal Collaboration Between BNF and The University of Palangka Raya
We are excited to announce a new formal collaboration between BNF and the University of Palangka Raya (UPR). On 26th November 2016, a three-year MOU was officially established between the two parties, signed by Prof. Dr. Ferdinand, Rector of UPR, and Simon Husson, co-director of BNF. The event was attended by the Dean of the […]
Sharing Stories from ‘Festival Anak Sebangau’
Written by Desi Natalia (BNF Communication Officer) Festival Anak Sebangau was held on 3-4 December at Kereng Bangkirai Harbour. The event was organised by Borneo Nature Foundation’s (BNF) Education Team to celebrate the children of Kereng Bangkirai who usually join the ‘Anak Sebangau’ community. To open the event, Anak Sebangau performed Dayak dancing and songs […]
Anak Sebangau kids go on an adventure!
Written by Verawati Aprillia (BNF Communications Assistant) Lessons don’t always have to be in the classroom. Sometimes we have to put theories and ideas into practice on-the-ground. Our ‘Anak Sebangau’ children recently went on a little adventure into the peat-swamp forests of Jumpun Pambelom (Dayak language for ‘the living forest’), Pulang Pisau, Central Kalimantan. Anak […]
Books for Borneo campaign launched!
This week we launched our new crowdfunding campaign Books for Borneo. Supported by Sir David Attenborough, we hope to raise the funds for a print run of our children’s storybook The Little Gibbon Who Lost His Song. The books will be donated to schools and charities across Indonesia, where there is currently a lack of […]
Rungan Camera Traps – The First Installment!
When exploring a new area, we are often encountering new habitats and wildlife on a daily basis. With camera traps, we can increase our chances of obtaining images and videos of rare and elusive wildlife from areas where there has been little survey work done in the past. Borneo Nature Foundation first carried out a […]
Care about Orangutan Behaviour to Know How Best to Protect Them
In light of Orangutan Caring Week, OuTrop’s Orangutan Scientist Jenn Brousseau sat down with Orangutan Field Assistant Twenti, who has followed orangutans with OuTrop since 2004, to discuss what he has learned about orangutans over the years and why he still cares about them after almost 12 years. Jenn: When you started working with OuTrop, […]
NEW PUBLICATION: Is the RSPO effective in reducing fires on oil palm concessions in Indonesia?
Fires in Indonesia are clearly an environmental crisis; they can emit pollutants that deteriorate air quality and harm human health, cause biodiversity and carbon losses, and damage property. Oil palm concession development can lead to increased fire incidence, as fire is often used to clear land prior to the initial crop planting, prior to replanting […]
Orangutan Caring Week 2016: Critically Endangered, Critically in Need
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has recently downgraded the status of the Bornean orangutan from “Endangered” to “Critically Endangered” putting both Bornean and Sumatran orangutans one step closer to extinction. The combined impacts of habitat loss, habitat degradation and illegal hunting have pushed both species toward an extremely high risk of […]
Gibbon Storybook Came Alive at the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2016
Written by Suzanne Turnock (BNF Communications Team) On 29 October, with the help of students from Pelangi School Bali, we launched our first children’s storybook ‘The Little Gibbon Who Lost His Song’ at the Ubud Writers & Readers Festival 2016. We were so pleased to see people of all ages fill the venue and give […]
Feeling the burn: Restoring tropical peatlands following the 2015 fires
Written by Pau Brugues Sintes (BNF Conservation Scientist) The forest fires in 2015 had severe effects on the peatlands in Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo. There are many questions – the why’s, who’s and how’s this ecological disaster actually happened. But, our focus now is to understand how we better manage and restore the degraded and burnt […]