Orangutan Caring Scholarships 2020
After going through various stages of the selection process, Fajar Rizky Dwi Yulianto and Dimas Teja Kusuma, Faculty of Agriculture students majoring in Forestry from University of Palangka Raya (UPR), were selected for the Orangutan Caring Scholarship (OCS) 2020. The scholarship is provided by the Orangutan Republik Foundation (OURF) and organized by the Borneo Nature […]
BNF Win the Trillion Trees Challenge and the People’s Choice Award 2020
Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) won two of the categories at the UpLink Trillion Trees Challenge 2020 that culminated at the World Economic Forum’s Sustainable Development Impact Summit. On the 21st-24th September 2020, six finalists presented their ideas to a multi-stakeholder panel of judges. In the announcement on Thursday 24th September 2020, Chineyenwa Okoru Onu, Global […]
“Orangutans Need People Who Care”
Wednesday afternoon in August, in a thatch-roofed hut at the end of Kereng Bangkirai Village, Palangka Raya City, Central Kalimantan, five teenagers were seen sitting in a circle 1.5-2 meters away from each other. While wearing masks, they enthusiastically discussed, selected, and sorted out the best statements about saving orangutans to be conveyed on social […]
BNF and CIMTROP Provide Community Training for Extinguishing Forest and Land Fires
To mitigate the disaster of peat fires in Central Borneo, the Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) together with the Center for International Cooperation on Sustainable Management of Tropical Peatlands (CIMTROP), organized training activities for peat fire suppression and the use of thermal imaging drones for the community. The activity, which was held on the 2nd and […]
A Journey into the Bornean Jungle
Happy International Orangutan Day! This year’s International Orangutan Day feels like the perfect opportunity to journey back to my experience of a lifetime living in the tropical peat-swamp forest of Indonesian Borneo. The remarkable and remote island of Borneo is home to over 15,000 species of plant and an incredible array of animal life including […]
Working together to protect the peat in Sebangau National Park
On the 3rd August 2020, UPT LLG CIMTROP together with the Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement (PKS) for the period 2020 – 2022 at the UPT LLG CIMTROP Office. This agreement continues the cooperative partnership that has been active for a dozen years. The signing was attended by the Head of […]
Commemorate National Nature Conservation Day
“Nagara Rimba Nusa, Caring for Civilization, Protecting Nature” On the 10th August 2020, Sebangau National Park (BTNS) together with the Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF), Clean Action Community, Maju Mandiri Community Group, and MPA Kereng Bengkirai (fire-fighting communities) conducted an operation to clean up litter in the Kereng Bengkirai Jetty, Palangka Raya. This action is to […]
BNF wins the Keeling Curve Prize 2020
Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) was chosen as one of the 10 winners of the Keeling Curve Prize 2020, an Aspen-based program that awards money annually to innovative global warming mitigation projects. In the award ceremony which was held virtually on Tuesday (07/28/2020) morning (or Monday 07/27/2020 Colorado time), BNF was declared the winner of the […]
The Displaced Native Inhabitants
Two more unique species from Borneo have been included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List 2020 namely the Endangered Bornean White-bearded Gibbon (Hylobates albibarbis), and the Vulnerable Red Langur/Kelasi (Presbytis rubicunda). The Critically Endangered Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) has been included in the list since 2016. This assessment is critically […]
Build Dams, Trim the Fire Chain
In Central Kalimantan, forest and land fires are annual disasters with wide-ranging and problematic impacts. Its effects become like a complicated tangled yarn. However, in one corner of the Natural Laboratory of Peat-swamp Forest (LAHG) of Sebangau, a special zone within the Sebangau National Park, a group of local residents refused to give up on […]