Our new education programme: Gibbon Goes To School
Written by Verawati Aprillia (BNF Communications Assistant) Following the launch of our new storybook ‘The Little Gibbon Who Lost His Song’ on International Children’s Book Day in April this year, our Education Team have established a new programme, called ‘Gibbon Goes To School.’ The programme involves visiting elementary schools in the city of Palangka Raya, […]
BNF Supports Local Event for Young People to Talk about Their Environment and Culture
Pemuda Bicara (or ‘Youth Talk’), supported by Borneo Nature Foundation, took place on 15-16 October 2016 in Palangka Raya, Central Kalimantan. The event created a platform for young people to speak out and take action for their environment and culture, in the hope of preventing climate disaster. It has similarities with the spirit of Sumpah […]
One Year Post-Fires on our Orangutan Behaviour Project
Written by Unyil, OuTrop Field Assistant Right after putting out the fires along the east area of our grid in October last year, it was still important for us to monitor the area to make sure fires did not resume and see what wildlife we could find. I remember searching the area with fellow field […]
Denial of long-term issues with agriculture on tropical peatlands will have devastating consequences
Following the 16th International Peat Congress (IPC) in Kuching (Sarawak), Malaysia, widely read media reported that the congress supported the view that current agricultural practices in peatland areas, such as oil palm plantations, do not have a negative impact on the environment. However, this view is not shared by many of the participants, and does […]
I am the Forest: Nature photo exhibition sparks a new conversation
Following the preview of the new nature photography exhibition I am the Forest at the Global Issues Network (GIN) Youth Conference last month, the exhibition was officially opened to the public on 2 October 2016 by the Governor of Central Kalimantan, H. Sugianto Sabran. The photo exhibition features the works of internationally recognised photographers, including wildlife […]
4 Years of Camera Trap Data Published!
Borneo Nature Foundation carried out camera trapping across eight sites between 2010-2014 in Central and East Kalimantan involving 160 camera traps, 40 research assistants, hundreds of hours of data entry and animal identification, and now our data are published. We obtained over 20,000 images of animals from over 35 species of birds, mammals […]
Start with One Thing at GIN Kalimantan 2016
Written by Desi Natalia (BNF’s Communications Officer) The first Global Issues Network (GIN) Kalimantan was a success! Borneo Nature Foundation hosted the youth conference together with the Bina Cita Utama School in Palangka Raya. The three-day conference consisted of a mixture of workshops, field trips, cultural experiences and evening celebrations. Many Palangka Raya based organisations […]
International Youth Conference Comes to Palangka Raya
Palangka Raya 8 September 2016 – From 16 to 18 September, Bina Cita Utama (BCU) School and Borneo Nature Foundation will host the first ever Global Issues Network (GIN) youth conference in Kalimantan. This international conference will bring together 100 students from Palangka Raya with over 100 young people from Jakarta, Bali, Korea, Singapore and […]
Forest Edge Findings-What is Going on with Butterfly Populations Post-Fire?
By Iwan Shinyo During the months of September and October 2015, our butterfly surveys and all OuTrop research was suspended due to the extreme fires that ravaged the forests near our study area. Fortunately, the areas we normally carry out butterfly surveys each month were not affected by the fires. However, the OuTrop Biodiversity Team […]
THE 15TH INTERNATIONAL PEAT CONGRESS FOCUS ON BORNEO
For the first time, this year the International Peat Congress – the quadrennial meeting of the International Peat Society – was held outside of Europe and North America, with the meeting very appropriately being held in Borneo, in Kuching, Sarawak, at 15-19 August 2016. This location helped provide a strong focus on Borneo’s and Indonesia’s […]