Deforestation is unfortunately still a major problem in Borneo: every day smaller and large areas of natural forest are disappearing through degradation, clear-cut and fires. In many cases few people ...

For the first time, scientists have discovered fossil evidence of an endangered, living tropical tree species. The ...

A palm oil company is gearing up to expand into critical orangutan habitat in Indonesian Borneo, raising alarms over the ...

Today, only half of Borneo's forest cover remains, down from 75 per cent in the mid 1980s. With a current deforestation rate of 1.3 million hectares per year – an area equivalent to about one third of ...

Photograph by PASCAL MAITRE IndonesiaIn 2015 this forest growing on peatland ... It accounts for a fifth of the total deforestation on Borneo since 1973—and for 47 percent since 2000.

Researchers have called out the Indonesian government’s claim of having reduced deforestation by 90% over the past decade, ...

IN the heart of Borneo's rainforest, a quiet revolution in conservation is under way – one wooden box at a time.

A recent amendment to Peru’s Forestry and Wildlife Law is drawing fierce backlash from environmental groups and Indigenous groups that warn it could accelerate deforestation in the Amazon rainforest ...

The Borneo orangutan inhabits forest areas in the Borneo archipelago ... young leaves and even eggs. Thus, deforestation is highly damaging to orangutans. For the love of orangutans World ...