An estimated 18 million people live on the island, with the majority based in the coastal lowlands and cities. The forests of the Heart of Borneo area are of high value for people’s livelihoods and ...

The Borneo rainforest is estimated to be around 140 million years old, making it one of the oldest in the world and one of the few remaining natural habitats for the endangered Bornean orangutan.

The Power of Mama is a women firefighters association in Ketapang, West Borneo. Their goal is to stop arsonists who 'slash and burn' to clear the land, causing polluting peat fires. Film by Rita ...

Beneath the island’s rainforest, explorers search for new discoveries deep within some of the Earth’s largest, longest, and wildest caves. At dusk, a swarm of bats disperses to hunt in the ...

KUCHING, Feb 11 (Bernama) -- More women leaders from Borneo have been urged to join the Women’s Leadership Apprenticeship Programme (PERANTIS) this year. Women, Family and Community Development ...

For most of its history Borneo was scarcely populated by humans. The unforgiving climate and dense rainforest kept populations ... don't always like the idea of women and children working on ...

A man who led a successful campaign to stop a mega-dam being built in Borneo's rainforest has been awarded a top environmental prize. Peter Kallang spent years raising awareness of the plans among ...

Conservation districts are administrative units that are based on sustainable development principles (see boxed text to the right). In the Heart of Borneo, conservation districts are seen as a logical ...