Deforestation in Borneo will destroy the habitat of more than 26,000 orangutans, a quarter of the population of the critically endangered species, by 2032, a new study says. Researchers used ...

The rampant deforestation for monoculture plantation and logging in western Indonesian Borneo has exacerbated the extinction risks of three plant species endemic to the island’s riparian lowland ...

Mapping analysis of deforestation in palm oil company PT Equator Sumber Rezeki (ESR), part of First Borneo Group, in West Kalimantan. Image courtesy of Mighty Earth. And there are signs ESR plans ...

Some of the last remaining primary forests of Southeast Asia are found in Borneo, a biodiversity hotspot where you can still walk through ancient forests and prehistoric caves. The heavy wing ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia-- The most comprehensive study of Borneo's orangutans estimates their numbers have plummeted by more than 100,000 since 1999, as the palm oil and paper industries shrink their ...

Seven years after the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam signed the Heart of Borneo Declaration to conserve one of the most important areas of tropical rainforest in the world, ...

Borneo is divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, and it is estimated that up to 10% of its land is taken up by industrial palm oil and logging operations. But deforestation isn’t just ...

If you manage to stop illegal logging in a vital orangutan reserve in Indonesian Borneo, is it possible to restore this ...

The Dayak Oil Palm Planters Association (Doppa) is calling on the European Union (EU) to grant a ‘no risk’ exemption for indigenous farmers in Sarawak, following the EU’s decision to classify Malaysia ...

The world’s remaining great primary forests, including those in Borneo, the Amazon and the Congo basin, are still threatened by deforestation. This harmful practice often has colonial origins.

It was the last of his increasingly desperate attempts to train the world’s eyes on the island’s deforestation and what he claimed was Taib’s involvement. A year later he returned to Borneo, set off ...