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 ...

Over the decades, as successive governments have handed over more and more of the country’s common wealth to profit-driven ...

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.

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 .

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

"The consequences of this scale of deforestation will not only result in a major loss of species but also disrupt ... and in large areas of Southeast Asia, especially Borneo and Sumatra. These swamp ...

They were awarded the U.N.’s Equator Prize in 2019 for their important work in defending Borneo’s rainforest from illegal loggers, oil palm plantations and other corporate interests.