Gardening – Caring for Our Surroundings
Peals of laughter and lighthearted chatter sounded over the Soverdi Palangka Raya yard that morning. The sky was deep blue, textured with white clouds rising like the wings of a large bird. Dozens of people were gathered in red t-shirts bearing the words Ela Laya, Mahaga Ramun Taluh Kinan, meaning ‘don’t be careless, take care […]
KPHP Kahayan Tengah Together with BNF Indonesia Forms Forkompersos
The Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) of the Production Forest Management Unit (KPHP) Kahayan Tengah, together with the Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) Indonesia, recently formed the Social Forestry Communication Forum (Forkompersos) in the UPT KPHP Kahayan Tengah area. This includes Palangka Raya City (Bukit Batu District and Rakumpit District) and Gunung Mas District (Kurun District and […]
Restoring Sebangau National Park with the Communities
“I feel this, you know that I am hurting / seeing all the dead in front of me and all that is left is dust / We have to replant…” Much like the desolate scenes described by Indonesian band Nosstress in their hit song Tanam Saja (‘Just Plant’), fires can rip through forests at a […]
Orangutan Caring Scholarship: Six Forestry Students Receive OCS 2022
Education is key to changing our society for the better. Environmental education is in increasing demand, with more young people and adults pursuing natural studies than ever before. Conservation efforts are also ramping up, especially around Palangka Raya in Central Kalimantan, Indonesian Borneo; home to one of the largest population of orangutans anywhere on Earth. […]
Invest in Our Planet, Invest in Our Children
At BNF, we have adopted a multimodal approach to wildlife conservation. Alongside habitat protection measures and ecological research, we believe that environmental education has a vital role to play when it comes to saving the rainforest. In celebration of Earth Day on the 28th of April, the BNF Education team arranged a unique activity for […]
Central Kalimantan BKSDA and BNF Indonesia Invite the Young Generation to Invest in the Earth
Palangka Raya, Indonesia, 28 April 2022 The heavy rain did nothing to dampen the young people’s enthusiasm for conservation at the Central Kalimantan (Kalteng) Office for Conservation and Natural Resources (BKSDA). A rich smell of wet soil and moss permeated the air, accompanied by the steady pitter-patter of water droplets against leaves. Every now […]
VTOL Technology Opens up the Skies of Central Kalimantan
Forest and land fires are an ever-present risk in Borneo, requiring careful mitigation planning for the dry season each year. The greater the threat — one which is increasingly heightened by global warming —the more sophisticated these mitigation efforts must be. Now, with the use of drone technology, fire hotspots can be detected more quickly, […]
Popy’s Adventure #3
POPY’S ADVENTURE #3 POPY MEETS OBO As sunlight fell through cracks in the trees and the morning’s dew began to evaporate, Popy and her mother prepared to leave the nest they had slept in last night. With Popy holding on tight to his mother’s body, the two started swinging from tree to tree in search […]
Captivated by Charismatic Red Monkey
DISCOVER MORE ABOUT ONE OF BORNEO’S MOST CHARMING, YET UNDERAPPRECIATED, PRIMATES It was early morning and temperatures were low at the Peat Forest Natural Laboratory (LAHG) camp, a special zone within the Sebangau National Park. As I shivered fitfully in my tent, distant sounds of screaming and whistling pricked at my eardrums, stirring me from […]
Popy’s Adventure #2
POPY BUILDS A NEST As the sun continued its westward crawl and the day’s colours slowly began to fade, Popy and her mother picked out a tree to sleep in. “Popy, we have to choose a different tree every day to sleep,” said Popy’s mother, tugging at the twigs and leaves to form a nest […]