If the current rate of deforestation continues, Borneo could lose most of its lowland forests in less than ten years, according to a new WWF report. Gland, Switzerland – If the current rate of ...
A spry 80-year-old cruises through the thick vegetation of western Borneo, or western Kalimantan, as it's known to Indonesians. Dressed in faded pinstripe slacks and a polo shirt, Layan Lujum carries ...
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Indigenous Dayak sound alarm as palm oil firm razes orangutan habitat in Borneo
A palm oil company is rapidly clearing rainforest inside a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve that’s home to orangutans and sun bears, ...
Indigenous women in Indonesian Borneo often have to combine domestic responsibilities with food cultivation, known as behuma in the dialect of the Dayak Pitap community in South Kalimantan province.
The rampant deforestation for monoculture plantation and logging in western Indonesian Borneo has exacerbated the extinction risks of three plant species endemic to the island’s riparian lowland ...
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Endangered knowledge and endangered plants: Threats to Indigenous medicinal traditions in Borneo
By Cassidy Beach In Borneo’s dense rainforest, some communities of Punan people still find their medicine among the trees.
The steamy, jungle-covered tropical island of Borneo was once considered one of the remotest, wildest places on earth. A place where orangutans and headhunters lurked undisturbed. Together with ...
The undiscovered small beetles in the tropical rainforest are probably endless. But that did not discourage citizen scientists on expeditions to the Ulu Temburong forest in Borneo to keep adding them ...
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