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A coal mine in Borneo.

Building Indonesia’s ‘green’ new capital could see coal use surge (analysis)

Chun Sheng Goh 2 Aug 2022
A male orangutan in Indonesian Borneo. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Deforestation in Borneo threatens one in four orangutans, study says

Basten Gokkon 26 Jul 2022

Plantations threaten Indonesia’s orangutans, but they’re not oil palm

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Jul 2022
Fire in Indonesia forest

As dry season starts in Indonesia, risk of fires — and haze — looms

Hans Nicholas Jong 6 Jul 2022

Indonesia teams up with Germany on Sumatran rhino breeding efforts

Basten Gokkon 3 Jun 2022
Coal mining in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Banks bet big on coal in Indonesia, bucking global shift away from fossil fuel

Hans Nicholas Jong 12 May 2022

Coal miner Bayan sues Indonesian investment chief over loss of land

Hans Nicholas Jong 25 Apr 2022

Mine pits expose the holes in Indonesia’s plan to relocate its capital

Hans Nicholas Jong 20 Apr 2022
A Bornean orangutan in Indonesia

How many orangutans does $1 billion save? Depends how you spend it, study finds

Jim Tan 1 Apr 2022

NGOs alert U.N. to furtive 2-million-hectare carbon deal in Malaysian Borneo

John Cannon 17 Mar 2022

As Malaysian state resumes log exports, Indigenous advocates warn of fallout

Rachel Donald 19 Jan 2022

In a warming world, deforestation turns the heat deadly, Borneo study finds

Grace Dungey 25 Nov 2021

Report: Orangutans and their habitat in Indonesia need full protection now

Basten Gokkon 19 Nov 2021

Palm oil firm that dried out its land held not liable for fires that followed

Hans Nicholas Jong 15 Nov 2021

Stretch of Borneo’s Mahakam River eyed for protection to save Irrawaddy dolphins

Basten Gokkon 5 Nov 2021

Straight outta Borneo: New gecko species just dropped

Ahmad Supardi 2 Nov 2021

Green groups call for scrapping of $300m loan offer for Borneo road project

Basten Gokkon 20 Oct 2021

Links to coal mining add to Indonesian palm oil sector’s risk for buyers

Hans Nicholas Jong 24 Sep 2021

Captive breeding of Sumatran rhinos: Where the program stands today

Mongabay 31 Aug 2021

To count Sumatran rhinos in the wild, look for their poop, study says

Basten Gokkon 24 Aug 2021
An orangutan in Sabah, Borneo

Highway cutting through Heart of Borneo poised to be ‘very, very bad’

Sheryl Lee Tian Tong 23 Aug 2021

Climate change threatens to squeeze out Indonesia’s medicinal plants

Basten Gokkon 18 Aug 2021

Palm oil grower looks to make amends for past deforestation in Indonesia

Hans Nicholas Jong 28 Jul 2021

Top brands failing to spot rights abuses on Indonesian oil palm plantations

Hans Nicholas Jong 13 Jul 2021

Study warns of impacts of unregulated trade in Indonesian porcupines

Basten Gokkon 30 Jun 2021

Environmental benefits or social — but rarely both — under RSPO, study finds

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 Jun 2021

Mining linked yet again to another severe flood in Indonesian Borneo

Hans Nicholas Jong 1 Jun 2021

Lean times leave orangutans wasting away. Habitat loss makes things worse

Hans Nicholas Jong 31 May 2021

FSC-certified Indonesian logger may have cleared orangutan habitat: Report

Hans Nicholas Jong 17 May 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

Indigenous Dayak man jailed after Indonesian palm oil firm alleges theft

Hans Nicholas Jong 29 Apr 2021

Frustration over light penalties for coal mine that polluted Indonesian river

Della Syahni 5 Apr 2021

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