Safeguarding one of the most climate-critical rainforests on the planet.
Borneo. The world’s 3rd largest island. Its vast tropical peatlands form one of the most important land-based carbon stores on Earth.
Home to around 6% of all biodiversity, including the critically endangered Bornean orangutan.
This spectacular diversity of life supports ours by providing people with food, water, medicine, raw materials, stable weather, and so much more.
50% of Borneo’s peat swamp forest remains. Forest fires, logging, mining, peatland drainage and commercial agriculture all threaten the island’s wildlife, indigenous peoples, and our global climate.
We support a network of community firefighting teams who patrol the forest, ready to snap into action at the first sign of flames.
We help local communities secure legal management rights over their ancestral forests, protecting their way of life and preventing commercial deforestation.
We support communities to kickstart sustainable livelihood initiatives. From creating fishponds and permaculture gardens to developing ecotourism, this reduces poverty and pressure on the forest.
Community firefighting patrols prepare, prevent and tackle fires all year round.
Through consultation and support we help Indigenous communities get control of their land.
Our sustainable livelihood projects support people to start new businesses.
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
Read more
Popy’s Adventure #1
THE FOREST GARDENERS The sun’s rays filter through gaps in the canopy, sporadically illuminating the forest floor. In a tall tree, Popy, a young orangutan,
Read more
Menjalankan Konservasi Taman Nasional Sebangau Bersama Masyarakat
Taman Nasional Sebangau (TNS) merupakan salah satu kawasan konservasi dengan hutan rawa gambut tropika tersisa dan penting di Kalimantan, bahkan dunia. Keberadaan kawasan seluas ±
Read more
Partner Power: Save the Orangutan
We’re celebrating 10 years of partnership with Save the Orangutan, a transformative decade which has shaped our whole approach to conservation and community collaboration in
Read more
Connecting People, Nature and Culture Through Environmental Education
Conservation starts with that spark of connection. The path to a career in conservation often begins in childhood, through opportunities to explore nature, ask questions
Read more
A Tale of Two Peatlands: Where Fair Isle Meets Borneo
At first glance, Fair Isle Bird Observatory in Scotland and the rainforests of Borneo could not feel further apart. One is a remote outpost in
Read more
Meet our new trustees!
Our work to protect and restore Borneo’s species-rich and globally important rainforests is founded on strong partnerships, scientific excellence and community leadership. As our programmes continue to grow in scale
Read more
How we fight fires in the face of El Niño
Life everywhere is connected. While Borneo may seem far away, it is also your backyard, your home too. This dry season, our firefighting teams are
Read more
A Primer on Peat Fires
From the Australian outback to the Amazon basin, wildfires are becoming more frequent and more severe. For the past three years, fires have burned more than twice
Read more
Baby on board
Exciting news, there’s a new baby orangutan on the way: Indy is pregnant with her third child! Indy has been part of our orangutan monitoring programme since she was
Read more
Facing Down the Super El Niño
2026 is shaping up to be the hottest and driest year in a long time — and that’s a problem. Major climate patterns are shifting,
Read more
Strategy to Save Indonesia’s Small Apes
Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) representatives attend National Red List Workshop for Indonesian gibbon species. From 31 March to 3 April 2026, more than 55 people
Read more
In Memory of Professor David Chivers
It is with a heavy heart we inform the passing of David Chivers, Trustee of Borneo Nature Foundation International and long-time friend and supporter of ours. David, who
Read more
Award-winning Public Engagement
For several years, we’ve been delighted to exhibit our work at Oxford Brookes University’s annual Science Bazaar, a free event for young people and their
Read more
