Rising unemployment was a serious concern in Borneo in the late 1990s and early 2000s and ethnic conflict raged in parts of Kalimantan during this time. The sudden rise of the oil palm in the late ...

Indonesian prosecutors on Monday handed over more than 221,000 hectares (546,000 acres) of illegal palm oil plantations seized as part of an on-going corruption probe to a new state-owned company that ...

The demand for palm oil, a versatile ingredient in numerous products, from food to cosmetics, has led to devastating deforestation in the rainforests of Borneo and Sumatra, the only habitats where ...

Borneo may seem like a world away from Indiana, but the fate of its rainforests has direct consequences for Hoosiers.

MPOGCF, through the Sabah Wildlife Department Wildlife Rescue Unit, is ensuring the future of Borneo's cherished wildlife.

Borneo has lost almost 40% of its forest in the last 10 years to Palm oil. One of the animals most affected by this habitat loss is the orangutan. For Seven Worlds, One Planet we filmed a mother ...

By Mongabay.com In the rainforests of West Kalimantan, in Indonesian Borneo, the Indigenous Dayak Iban listen to what they ...

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as well as in Sarawak and Sabah on the island of Borneo. Sarawak and Sabah account for some 55% of Malaysia's 5.61 million hectares of palm oil plantations, and were responsible for 43.6 percent ...

Fire is also a major threat. Conserving orang-utan habitat: We are working in both Borneo and Sumatra to secure well-managed protected areas and wider forest landscapes connected by corridors.

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