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Outreach Blog

April 2, 2020

Sebangau Ranger learned about the safety during CoVID-19 Virus Pandemic

Written by Jessica Ririhatuela (BNF’ Education Staff) Recently the world has been hit by a pandemic. Everyone is talking about this outbreak and starting to worry about it. As public…

Research Blog

March 27, 2020

9 Endangered Species in Rungan Landscape

Written by Yohanes Prahara (BNF’s Content Creator) Indonesia is situated in the tropics, therefore, has a lot of tropical rain forests, in which there are thousands of exotic animal species.…

Research Blog

March 19, 2020

The Beauty of Masting

Written by Yohanes Prahara (BNF’s Content Creator) Nature has a mysterious beauty. At a certain time, especially in the Rungan Landscape, there is a particular natural phenomenon. This phenomenon is…

Research Blog

March 17, 2020

The Hidden Paradise of Kerangas

Written by Yohanes Prahara (BNF’s Content Creator) Nam: “Wow, this is so beautiful and such an interesting landscape for fauna and flora to co-exist.” In January 2020, near the research…

Research Blog

March 12, 2020

Kerangas “The Land which cannot Grow Rice”

Written by Yohanes Prahara (BNF’s Content Creator) The Central Borneo landscape encompasses expanses of peatland, and Kerangas forests, areas vital for biodiversity and ecosystem conservation. Peat swamp forests occur when…

Research Blog

February 20, 2020

Biodiversity in the Sebangau Forest

Written by Abi Gwynn (Research student from University of Exeter) Some may say that at this time of year, Sebangau is at it’s most beautiful. A watery red carpet covers…

Outreach Blog

February 13, 2020

Tree planting in village schools with BNF

Written by Dwi Riyan (BNF Education Manager) Reforestation is one of the important conservation activities delivered by BNF. As well as our reforestation programme in Sebangau Forest, we have initiated…

Research Blog

January 30, 2020

Tackling the Illegal Online Trade of Indonesian Small Apes

Written by Dr. Susan Cheyne (BNF International’s Co-director) In 2018, Indonesia was ranked in the top four countries with the highest number of Facebook and Instagram users globally. Indonesia is…

Outreach Blog

January 20, 2020

BNF Education Volunteers: Protecting the environment through education

Written by Ina Christina (BNF Education Staff) Our Youth Education Programme delivers environmental education activities for young people, in local schools and communities, from kindergarten age right up to high…