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“Borneo could switch from a wet climate to a dry one,” Sheil says, warning that parts of the massive island may no longer be able to sustain rainforest.
Gunung Palung National Park's abundance of unique creatures—from orangutans to flying foxes to clouded leopards—offers a glimpse into Borneo's past.
We are traversing one of the last patches of primary lowland dipterocarp forest in Borneo. The huge trees, hundreds of years old, provide a protective haven for the orangutans and other indigenous ...
How dentists are saving Borneo's rainforest Dentists are offering free treatment to patients who oppose illegal logging. Stanley Johnson visits an award-winning clinic to find out more ...
To save orangutans, scientist Willie Smits is restoring a rain forest—and creating new livelihoods for the Indonesian families who help him Just below the equator, on the island of Borneo, a ...
And these days, the illegal logging of the biggest and most valuable rainforest trees for the timber industry is by no means the biggest threat to lowland rainforests of western Borneo — it’s ...
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.
Actively restored forests recover above ground biomass faster than areas left to regenerate naturally after being logged, according to a long-term study on Borneo lowland rainforest.
Lowland rainforest in Sabah, on the island of Borneo. Most of Borneo’s old-growth lowland rainforests have been destroyed since 1980.
INDONESIA: The lowland tropical rain forests in Indonesian Borneo could disappear in five years due to rampant logging and forest fires, endangering the survival of many exotic species, according ...