Celebrating the international gibbon day to understand and protect the forest ‘singer’
Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) recently hosted the fourth International Gibbon Day on the third week of october this year in the city of Palangka Raya (Central Kalimantan). The aim of the event that was hosted at Mega Town Square – Lippo Mall Palangka Raya is to increase public (particularly the youngsters) awareness towards the worrying […]
Introducing our Patron: Sue Phillips
We are thrilled to announce Sue Phillips as a new Patron for Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF). Sue has spent over three decades in international media and public affairs across different countries in the United States, Europe and Middle East, which includes her career in Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and strategic position as the Founding Director […]
Bringing Bornean Flagship Primates into Mobile Game
Recently Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) was visited by the Internet of Elephants (ioelephants), a video game company and social enterprise based in Kenya and the United States, who come to us with their fresh ideas to develop a mobile game with the augmented reality (AR gaming) technology on the Bornean flagship primates, orangutan and gibbon. […]
BNF Represents Central Kalimantan at the 12th Heart of Borneo (HoB) Trilateral Meeting in Malaysia
Being an official member of the Heart of Borneo (HoB) Working Groups (Pokjanas), Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) currently participated at the 12th Heart of Borneo Trilateral Meeting in Malaysia on 26th – 29th September 2018 as a delegation from Central Kalimantan. The three-day event that was held in Miri, Sarawak, brought together all delegates of […]
Heightened land fires lead to great peril of unhealthy air
Indonesia is currently faced with annual dry season making provinces with peatland-dominated areas vulnerable to fires. Central Kalimantan is among those provinces that have declared high alert of forest and land fires. In Palangka Raya, the capital city of Central Kalimantan, the land fires outbreak have been quite massive in city peripheries. Hectares of lands have […]
The ‘big cats’ with clouds; research and conservation of Bornean enigmatic predator
A new paper has been added to the Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) publication list on Sunda Clouded Leopard (Neofelis diardi). The paper published on Biological Conservation journal is based on our 10-year collaborative research since 2007-2018 carried out in four locations including two Indonesia’s provinces; Sumatera and Kalimantan to which the cats belong to as […]
The haze from the recent land fires outbreak engulfed the city of Palangka Raya
In the sweltering afternoon on Saturday (15/09/2018) the helicopters carrying the giant bucket of water were easily seen to fly across the sky of the Indonesia’s projected capital city, Palangka Raya. These “whirlybirds” were deployed to extinguish massive land fires that recently hit the city. Following the two-week absence of rain, the giant flame has […]
A reflection from BNF’s 2017 conservation efforts
Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) has gone through incredible journey in 2017. We were able to go extra miles to achieve impactful conservation efforts by kind “hands” from our partners, donors, and supporters inside and outside Indonesia that have made us who we are and what we have achieved today. We were able to bring together […]
The acoustic project kickstarted in the Natural Laboratory of Sebangau Peat-swamp Forest
Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) has recently carried out the acoustic project in the Natural Laboratory of the Sebangau Peat-swamp Forest (NLPSF). This project is led by Dr. Mark Harrison, BNF’s Co-Director, for biodiversity monitoring in NLPSF by having the acoustic-recording devices installed in three different forest sites; burnt area, undisturbed forest, and forest edge. These […]
Rungan forest expedition: from hands on project involvement experience to friendship
This year’s Rungan Forest Expeditions were joined by volunteers from the University of Exeter (16 students) and 8 local students from Muhammadiyah University of Palangka Raya (UMP) that were divided into two groups. Those two groups of students were assisted and supported by the researchers and field staff from Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) who guided […]