News March 5, 2020 BIYC 2020 “Creating Kindness Campaign” Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF), in collaboration with Bina Cita Utama (BCU) School, hosted the second Borneo Initiatives Youth Camp (BIYC) 2020 on 28 February – 1 March at the Rungan…
News February 11, 2020 Rewetting the peat to protect Sebangau Forest Sebangau is a protected peat-swamp forest in Central Kalimantan and is the largest lowland forest remaining on Borneo. But, 20 years ago canals were dug into the peat by loggers…
News January 14, 2020 University of Exeter students join Borneo Field Course: bringing benefits to local communities BNF has been carrying out ecology research for over 20 years in Indonesia. Using these expertise, a long-term priority of BNF is to build capacity in local and international research…
News January 6, 2020 Building stronger collaborations to protect the Rungan Landscape In December, BNF held a multi-stakeholder workshop on the management of the Rungan Landscape through a new social forestry scheme. The aim was to strengthen the collaboration and commitment of…
News December 31, 2019 BNF orangutan discovery features in BBC series ‘Earth’s Tropical Islands’ This coming January, BNF will feature in BBC’s new series ‘Earth’s Tropical Islands’. The 3-part tv series, airing from 1 – 3 January 2020, explores some of the world’s most…
News December 30, 2019 New seeds of hope: Tree planting in the home of wild orangutans Land and forest fires were back in full force in 2019 when fires blazed across Indonesia. However, due to the incredible efforts of Community Firefighting Teams who held the flames…
News December 19, 2019 Emergency Forest Fire Fund: Thank you to our supporters Following sustained rainfall drenching fires across Borneo, we have now brought this year’s Emergency Forest Fire Fund to a close. Thank you to our supporters from Indonesia and around the…
News November 29, 2019 Our 4th children’s festival promotes an important message of rainforest protection Young people from Anak Sebangau (or ‘Children of Sebangau Forest’) put on a great show at the 4th Anak Sebangau Festival on 24 November 2019. The event was held in…
News November 19, 2019 Emerging through the haze: Moving forward to tackle Indonesia’s fire crisis As we emerge from yet another forest and peatland fire crisis in Indonesia, which has had devastating effects on both the environment and local people, the Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF)…
