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WE INSPIRE

Reaching and teaching people around the world.

Nurturing A NEW CONSERVATION GENERATION

Children are the future; let’s make it a sustainable one. From interactive storytelling to youth conferences and after-school clubs, we engage young people of all ages and backgrounds, equipping them with knowledge, practical skills and motivation for them to become the next, needed leaders of positive environmental change.

WEAVING TRADITION AND INNOVATION

Preserving cultures goes hand-in-hand with protecting forests. Borneo’s local communities already have a wealth of traditional knowledge, providing a valuable framework for our education projects. We draw on these cultural practices and values to reinforce conservation awareness; for example, by encouraging youth club members to express environmental concepts through traditional dance.

GLOBAL AMBITIONS

The state of Borneo’s rainforests has far-reaching implications for climate, commerce and our collective wellbeing—it concerns all of us. With local and international staff and partners, we regularly host events, talks and activities to connect with audiences in Indonesia and around the world, raising awareness of Borneo’s life-sustaining ecosystems.

MAJOR PROJECTS

PUTTING CONSERVATION ON THE CURRICULUM

We develop training and resources for education professionals, allowing teachers to introduce environmental concepts beyond the curriculum. We deliver our own teaching sessions too, and field trips for local and international schools too creating once in a lifetime opportunities centred around the natural world and how to protect it.

TOOLS FOR CHANGE

We create stories that can inspire and engage children and adults alike. We published The Little Gibbon Who Lost His Song, a book and storytelling app, used in schools globally in interactive sessions. Two further books continue to inspire around the island’s wildlife, the threats they face, and the need for conservation.

YOUTH CLUBS

Weekly after-school clubs connect young people with nature they are part of. We combine education and entertainment through art, games and field trips kickstarting what we believe is a longstanding connection with nature on their doorstep.

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STORIES

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  • Education, Wildlife
  • - January 31, 2022

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

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  • Education
  • - January 27, 2022

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

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  • Education
  • - November 25, 2021

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,

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  • Conservation
  • - July 19, 2021

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 ±

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  • Reforestation, Restoration
  • - July 16, 2025

25 Years of Restoring

First, we learn, facilitating world-leading research to gain a fuller understanding of Borneo’s unique biodiversity. Then, we protect priority ecosystems, using this new scientific insight

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  • Conservation, Rainforests
  • - June 7, 2025

25 Years of Protecting

The Borneo Nature Foundation (BNF) was founded 25 years ago to champion the protection of the Sebangau peat-swamp rainforest in southern Borneo. This forest harbours

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  • News
  • - May 19, 2025

2025 field courses are now live!

Experience Borneo’s rainforest for real this summer. Our field courses are back! Gain first-hand insight into tropical peat-swamp rainforest with world-leading scientists and field experts.

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  • Camera Traps, Conservation, Scientific Research
  • - April 12, 2025

25 Years of Learning

We exist because of scientific research. BNF (or The Orangutan Tropical Peatland Project, as we were then known) was formed 25 years ago off the

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  • Conservation
  • - April 12, 2025

25 Years of Borneo Nature Foundation

Have you heard? We’re turning 25 this year! By nature's standards, 25 years isn't a long time. In fact, it's not even long enough for

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  • Community Development, Conservation
  • - March 8, 2025

Women’s welfare and wildlife

In Borneo and around the world, women are a driving force for conservation in their communities. Today, on International Women’s Day, we celebrate the vital

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  • Conservation, Firefighting and Prevention, Rainforests
  • - March 6, 2025

Peat Power!

Protect Our Peat-Powered Planet Peat is important. Maybe you’ve heard that before, but chances are this knowledge probably hasn’t impacted your day-to-day life much beyond

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  • Conservation, Year Highlights
  • - February 15, 2025

Could You Be the One (%)?

It’s Valentine’s Day, and Cupid’s not the only matchmaker in town... We’re excited to announce that we’ve joined 1% for the Planet to find our

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  • Conservation, Year Highlights
  • - February 1, 2025

Best of Borneo Nature Foundation 2024

2024 was a BIG year for us here at BNF – and we've got the numbers to prove it! As our teams forge ahead with

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  • Conservation, Firefighting and Prevention, Rainforests
  • - November 30, 2024

We give a dam: Here’s why you should too 

Conventional wisdom suggests that dams are universally bad for wildlife, that they disrupt natural processes and damage critical wetland ecosystems. However, there are some exceptions

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  • Conservation, Rainforests
  • - October 2, 2024

Rainforests and You: Make the Connection

It's in your lungs. It's in your fridge, your medicine cabinet and your weather forecast.​ It affects your life every. single. day.​ It may be

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  • Uncategorized
  • - August 29, 2024

TIME TRAVEL WITH US.

Our ’23 Annual Report is out now! A year of connected conservation action all in one place. We won’t lie, 2023 was a trial by

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