Rising unemployment was a serious concern in Borneo in the late 1990s and early 2000s and ethnic conflict raged in parts of Kalimantan during this time. The sudden rise of the oil palm in the late ...

Since 1973, nearly 16,000 square miles of rain forest on Borneo, the island shared by Malaysia and Indonesia, have been logged, burned, and bulldozed to make way for oil palm. It accounts for a ...

Palm oil companies in Indonesia continue to operate on protected peatlands and clear forests, despite having their forestry ...

Prior to and following the field experience in Borneo, students will complete coursework via Canvas ... and large-scale rubber and palm oil plantations. The Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary consists of ...

JAKARTA (AFP): Indonesian police were accused by a rights group on Tuesday (Oct 10) of opening fire on a protest in Borneo against an oil palm company last week, killing one demonstrator and ...

JAKARTA, March 10 (Reuters) - Indonesian prosecutors on Monday handed over more than 221,000 hectares (546,000 acres) of illegal palm oil plantations ... on Sumatra and Borneo islands.

Fire is also a major threat. Conserving orang-utan habitat: We are working in both Borneo and Sumatra to secure well-managed protected areas and wider forest landscapes connected by corridors.

Mad Zaidi said the celebration was a continuation of the RM1.1mil sponsorship by the country’s oil palm industry, through MPOGCF, to fund the upgrade of the Borneo Orang Utan Exhibition at the ...