As more and more forest is cleared for palm oil plantations and timber estates, the Borneo pygmy Elephant is increasingly coming into conflict with humans in the East Kalimantan district of Nunukan. Since 2006, elephants are now venturing into human settlements about once every seven months and with more of...
A recent wildlife study confirmed that orangutans require large swaths of forests to live. In order to ensure the orangutan’s survival, the study calls for the restoration of high-quality natural forests and dispersal corridors. Read more about the study below. For more information on biodiversity in Borneo, please visit: https://borneoproject.org/borneo/biodiversity-conservation...
Every evening at dusk, at the Great Cave of Niah in Borneo, up to half a million bats fly out of the cave to feed in the surrounding forest and the same number of swiftlets return to roost. This diurnal mass exchange has taken place for at least 50,000 years....
