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Deforestation in Indonesian Borneo in 2019. Photo credit: Rhett A. Butler

Local leaders in Indonesia make forest and peatland protection pledge

Taufik Wijaya 15 Jul 2021

For Malaysia’s Indigenous Penan, vaccine doubt is part of historic govt distrust

Rachel Donald 15 Jul 2021

Wildfires turn up the heat on farmers growing Indonesia’s ‘hottest’ pepper

M Rahim Arza 6 Jul 2021
Sabah’s remaining elephants are hemmed in by oil palm plantations, and scientists worry that stretches of the Pan Borneo Highway could further fragment the population. Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

NGOs call for alternative routes for Bornean road to avoid wildlife habitat

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 29 Jun 2021

Malaysian council opens hearing into claims of timber certification flaws

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 17 Jun 2021
The "Stop the Chop Protest" in Miri, Sarawak against Malaysian forestry company Samling in October 2020. Photo credit: The Borneo Project

‘Listening to communities must go beyond ticking compliance boxes’, says Peter Kallang, a Kenyah leader

Rhett A. Butler 9 Jun 2021

Threat of legal action against Indigenous Borneans protesting timber company

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 1 Jun 2021
Satellite image of oil palm, agriculture, and forest in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Image credit: Maxar Technologies.

Chocolate giant funds high resolution carbon map to protect forests

Aurora Solá 1 Jun 2021
The rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros). Image courtesy of Mark Louis Benedict via Flickr.

To keep tabs on ecosystem health in Borneo, follow these birds: Study

Basten Gokkon 14 May 2021

An owl not seen in over a century makes a brief return — then vanishes again

Romi Castagnino 13 May 2021

Sumatran rhinos show low inbreeding — but when it happens, collapse is quick

Carolyn Cowan 29 Apr 2021

Frustration over light penalties for coal mine that polluted Indonesian river

Della Syahni 5 Apr 2021
Deforestation in Kapuas Hulu regency, West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

Global forest loss increased in 2020

Rhett A. Butler 31 Mar 2021

In Indonesia, an illegal leopard trade thrives out of sight, new study shows

Claudia Geib 24 Mar 2021

Indonesian campaigners triumph against a coal mine in top court

Della Syahni 23 Mar 2021

King Coal: How Indonesia became the fossil fuel’s final frontier

Nithin Coca 17 Mar 2021

When a tree falls in the forest, it’s the birds that don’t make a sound, study finds

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 12 Mar 2021

Video: Doomed or viable? Sumatran rhino captive breeding faces a dilemma

Isabel Esterman 3 Mar 2021
A Bornean orangutan. Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

Forest patches amid agriculture are key to orangutan survival: Study

John Cannon 26 Feb 2021

Mystery bird not seen in 172 years makes surprise reappearance in Borneo forest

Elizabeth Claire Alberts 25 Feb 2021

Calls for accountability after coal-slurry spill in Indonesian river

Della Syahni, Sapariah Saturi 19 Feb 2021

In Malaysian Borneo’s rainforests, powerful state governments set their own rules

Danielle Keeton-Olsen 18 Feb 2021
Two babirusa fighting in Indonesia. Image by Meldy Tamenge, edited by Cart, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Southeast Asian wild pigs confront deadly African swine fever epidemic

John Cannon 12 Feb 2021
A Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus). Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

Timber organization’s backing ‘one step’ toward ‘peace park’ in Borneo

John Cannon 26 Jan 2021
Deforestation for cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler for Mongabay.

California-sized area of forest lost in just 14 years

Mongabay.com 13 Jan 2021
Blackwater oxbow lake, rainforest, and a whitewater river in the Amazon. Photo by Rhett A. Butler.

How the pandemic impacted rainforests in 2020: a year in review

Rhett A. Butler 28 Dec 2020

Being realistic about coal mine rehabilitation in Indonesia: An ecological perspective

David Woodbury and Arbainsyah 23 Dec 2020

Dolphins face growing pressure as development eats into Borneo’s interior

Carolyn Cowan 2 Dec 2020

‘Certified’ palm oil linked to worse social, ecological outcomes for Indonesian villagers

Loren Bell 30 Nov 2020
Construction on the Pan Borneo Highway in northern Sabah. Image by John C. Cannon/Mongabay.

Activists in Malaysia call on road planners to learn the lessons of history

John Cannon 13 Nov 2020

Conservationists replant legal palm oil plantation with forest in Borneo

Jeremy Hance 9 Nov 2020
Apay Janggut, also known as 'Bandi', and Kudi in the rumah betang or longhouse at Sungai Utik. Photo by Rhett A. Butler

New Indonesian law may make it harder to punish firms for haze-causing fires

Philip Jacobson 9 Oct 2020

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