Stripping them of this connection risks not only their livelihoods but also the loss of traditional knowledge that has helped preserve Borneo's ecosystems for centuries. "If this forest ...

Vast swathes of rainforest are cleared to make way for palm oil plantations. This loss of habitat forces orangutans into smaller, fragmented areas, making it difficult for them to find food ...

Habitat loss is by far the greatest threat to orang-utans ... the conservation and sustainable development of 22 million hectares of forest in an area known as the Heart of Borneo. This vision ...

Of greatest conservation concern is the orangutan, which occurs naturally on only two islands in the world, Borneo and Sumatra, and is under increasingly severe pressure, primarily from habitat loss .

KUALA LUMPUR: The palm oil industry was responsible for at least 39% of forest loss on the biodiversity-rich island of Borneo between 2000 and 2018, data from a research firm based in Indonesia shows.

Photograph by Ulet Ifansasti, Greenpeace IndonesiaWorkers from the Borneo Orangutan Survival ... working with companies that caused the loss of forests renders the effort suspect.

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

The loss of any single population brings an end ... This is where conservation takes place.” In the forests of Borneo and Sumatra, orangutan behavior determined by millions of years of evolution ...

For most of its history Borneo was scarcely populated by humans ... They also worry about loss of forest resources and culture -- older community members don't always like the idea of women ...

Ten years ago, I set off for Borneo to study orangutans ... of centers that help rehabilitate ex-captive orangutans to free forest life. Ex-captive orangutans, as the name suggests, lived at ...

See All Key Ideas MEKAR RAYA, Indonesia — Yulius Yogi kneels under the forest canopy here on the island of Borneo, surveying land he plans to reclaim for his Dayak Simpan Indigenous community.

On the tropical island of Borneo, forests are alive with wonderful wildlife – which we’re helping protect! Did you know there are forests on Earth that are millions of years old? In fact, on the ...