Borneo may seem like a world away from Indiana, but the fate of its rainforests has direct consequences for Hoosiers.

The forests of the Heart of Borneo area are of high value for people’s livelihoods and the environment. There is a strong interdependence between Indigenous Peoples and the resources as well as the ...

In a move that could benefit smallholders and biodiversity alike, a district on the island of Borneo has become only the second place in the world to produce rattan certified by the Forest Stewardship ...

But that did not discourage citizen scientists on expeditions to the Ulu Temburong forest in Borneo to keep adding them to scientific records, one at a time. Together with a team of researchers ...

On the tropical island of Borneo, forests are alive with wonderful wildlife – which we’re helping protect! Did you know there are forests on Earth that are millions of years old? In fact, on the ...

This assumes, of course, that there will still be orangutans left to study in the forests of Borneo and Sumatra. In the 1980s and ’90s, some conservationists predicted that orangutans would go ...

Borneo is also under serious threat from a number of human activities including logging, mining, and large-scale rubber and palm oil plantations. The Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary consists of ...

Each forest has its own unique charm that captivates and enchants every visitor. From Amazon’s Heart to Borneo’s Lungs The Amazon Rainforest, often referred to as the “lungs of the Earth ...

See All Key Ideas MEKAR RAYA, Indonesia — Yulius Yogi kneels under the forest canopy here on the island of Borneo, surveying land he plans to reclaim for his Dayak Simpan Indigenous community.

The chocolate-colored Kinabatangan River stretches 350 miles through one of the oldest rain forests on Earth. It’s located in Malaysia’s Sabah province on the island of Borneo, the third ...