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Orangutan habitat under siege as palm oil company clears forest in Borneo
A palm oil company is gearing up to expand into critical orangutan habitat in Indonesian Borneo, raising alarms over the ...
The world’s smallest elephants are facing extinction. One woman has a plan to save them
There are fewer than 1,000 Bornean elephants left in the wild. Logging and palm oil plantations have destroyed their habitat ...
Sustainability certificates for palm oil plantations can have unintended consequences
Analysis of independent satellite data shows a decrease in the efficiency of palm oil plantations in Malaysia after they ...
The Heart of Borneo: Sabah and Sarawak’s vital role in global biodiversity and climate resilience
BORNEO, home to diverse flora and fauna species and the third largest island globally spanning approximately 74 million ...
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The world’s smallest elephants are facing extinction. One woman has a plan to save them
Sabah has lost 60% of the elephant’s natural forest habitat to logging and palm oil plantations. According to one study, between 1980 and 2000, more wood was exported from Borneo than from the ...
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Malaysian biologist Farina Othman wins global award for work with palm oil farmers to protect last 300 Bornean elephants in Sabah
UK charity, the Whitley Fund for Nature, recognised Malaysian Dr Farina Othman with a 2025 Whitley Award for her work to save ...
Post-COVID boom in visitors sparks over-tourism fears in Asia
The bleak pandemic years of empty deckchairs, ghost-town resorts, and thumb-twiddling masseuses are now just a bad memory for ...