Taking an Eco Stance in a Crowded Christmas Marketplace

Christmas Tree World has been working with the BNF since 2019. In that time, the BNF have planted more than 17,000 seedlings thanks to the e-tailer’s donation strategy that sees ‘A Tree Planted For Every Order’. To read more on how Christmas Tree World have been working with the BNF, take a look at their […]

Examining the Source of Fire

Source of Fire in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo Central Kalimantan is a real portrait of the characteristics and vulnerability of forest and land fires in Indonesia. With the arrival of each dry season, thousands of hectares of forests and land burn at an increasingly large scale and impact. Various countermeasures have been taken, and various […]

“Orangutans Need People Who Care”

Wednesday afternoon in August, in a thatch-roofed hut at the end of Kereng Bangkirai Village, Palangka Raya City, Central Kalimantan, five teenagers were seen sitting in a circle 1.5-2 meters away from each other. While wearing masks, they enthusiastically discussed, selected, and sorted out the best statements about saving orangutans to be conveyed on social […]

A Journey into the Bornean Jungle

Happy International Orangutan Day! This year’s International Orangutan Day feels like the perfect opportunity to journey back to my experience of a lifetime living in the tropical peat-swamp forest of Indonesian Borneo. The remarkable and remote island of Borneo is home to over 15,000 species of plant and an incredible array of animal life including […]

The Displaced Native Inhabitants

Two more unique species from Borneo have been included in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List 2020 namely the Endangered Bornean White-bearded Gibbon (Hylobates albibarbis), and the Vulnerable Red Langur/Kelasi (Presbytis rubicunda). The Critically Endangered Bornean Orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) has been included in the list since 2016. This assessment is critically […]

Build Dams, Trim the Fire Chain

In Central Kalimantan, forest and land fires are annual disasters with wide-ranging and problematic impacts. Its effects become like a complicated tangled yarn. However, in one corner of the Natural Laboratory of Peat-swamp Forest (LAHG) of Sebangau, a special zone within the Sebangau National Park, a group of local residents refused to give up on […]

The Sebangau Rangers Program and the New Normal

The ‘Sebangau Rangers’ is one of the BNF Education Program, and in July 2020 activities were resumed after three months of carrying out online learning activities. Since April 2020, the Sebangau Rangers program stopped its group activities in accordance with government COVID-19 regulations, and instead, studied and worked from home. During the pandemic the Sebangau […]

Prosperity without Burning the Land

The dry season has arrived. As in previous years, forest and land fire disasters begin in the dry season, threatening Central Kalimantan. In addition to flooding, forest and land fires are major disasters for the province. According to data from SiPongi (Forest and Land Fire Monitoring System) by Indonesia Ministry of Environment and Forestry, in […]

Growing Awareness about Conservation

In everyday life we often carry out simple conservation activities that we may not be aware of. We must help to protect the existence of animals or plants that are becoming scarce and endangered due to damage to the conservation environment itself. Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) has collaborated with the Orangutan Republic Foundation (OURF) through […]

One Pleasant Day in Sebangau National Park Peat-swamp Forest

Last December, our BNF education volunteers got an opportunity to visit Camp Natural Laboratory of Peat-swamp Forest (LAHG), a special zone within Sebangau National Park. A total of 7 volunteers joined that day. Some of them had already visited this area before, while for others, it was their first time so they were very excited. […]