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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Mungku Baru Expedition gains support from local university
As an initial step in our Rungan River Orangutan Conservation Programme, the Borneo Nature Foundation began a collaborative research expedition with the Muhammadiyah University of Palangka Raya (UMP) this month. This expedition is being conducted in the Mungku Baru Education Forest, which is managed by UMP, and our multi-national team includes BNF scientists and volunteers, […]
Welcome to Borneo Nature Foundation!
We are delighted to announce the creation of the Borneo Nature Foundation, a new Indonesian conservation organisation dedicated to the protection of biodiversity throughout Borneo. BNF is being created by the directors and staff of the Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project (OuTrop) to expand our range of projects throughout a wider range of habitat types and […]
Cats of Sebangau National Park – new publication by Adul
Recently our camera trapping coordinator, Adul, presented a poster to the OuTrop team about the 7 years of camera trapping data we have. Yes 7 years! He highlighted some interesting results. The four species have clearly defined activity budgets, especially the smaller cats, to allow niche partitioning. We have identified this forest block as […]