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Listen to Executive Director Jettie Word Speak to Deforestation, Palm Oil, and Threats to Indigenous Communities

June 7, 2012
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Jettie Word, Executive Director of The Borneo Project, talks about the current threats that Borneo faces including deforestation, spreading palm oil plantations, and threats to indigenous communities.  Tune into Sierra Club Radio! Listen here. For more information on the current threats in Borneo, please visit: https://borneoproject.org/borneo/overview-of-current-threats. http://sierraclub.typepad.com/sierra_club_radio/ Sierra Club Radio:...

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A Report from Earth Island on The Borneo Project!

June 7, 2012
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The Director of the Borneo Project, Jettie Word, speaks to the importance of protecting Borneo’s rivers and the communities that live on their banks from twelve massive and destructive proposed dam projects. Read more about how the Borneo Project is supporting indigenous communities who are directly impacted by environmental destruction....

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Male Orangutans Need Large Swaths of Forests to Survive

May 15, 2012
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A recently published study in Molecular Ecology found that male orangutan’s travel much longer distances than females, based on faecal samples collected a seven sites in Borneo. These findings are further proof that the orangutan needs high-quality natural forests and dispersal corridors, states Sabah Wildlife Department Director Dr Laurentius Ambu....

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Baram Folks Protest at the Proposed Baram Dam Site

April 24, 2012
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About 30 people from villages surrounding the proposed Baram dam site in Borneo gathered during a ceremonial event called the ‘Manyau Dalleh,’ organised by the Sarawak State Government and Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB), to protest the planned construction of the Baram Hydroelectric Dam Project. The protesters displayed banners and shouted...

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Deforestation Pits Elephants Against Man in Nunukan

April 15, 2012
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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...

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Wildlife Study Confirms Orangutans Need for High-Quality Forests

April 14, 2012
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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...

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