This is an expanded version of an article, titled A Desperate Effort to Save the Rainforest of Borneo, that appeared last month on Yale e360. Rainforest in Sabah. All photo by Rhett A. Butler. For ...

Pygmy elephants are increasingly threatened by logging and forest conversion for agriculture in their native Borneo, reports a new satellite tracking study by WWF. Researchers report that the ...

Tropical forests in Borneo are disappearing much faster than previously thought, according to a new study. A team of Indonesian and American researchers has found that lowland forests in Kalimantan, ...

A new study has found that more than 80 percent of tropical forests in Malaysian Borneo have been heavily impacted by logging. The team used the Carnegie Landsat Analysis System-lite (CLASlite) to ...

The tide is turning in the battle to stop the destruction of this island’s treasure trove of biodiversity The tide is turning in the battle to stop the destruction of this island’s treasure trove of ...

For years, environmental and indigenous rights advocates in the forested Malaysian state of Sarawak, on the island of Borneo, have struggled against the rampant logging destroying their homes.

The canopy walkway at Borneo Rainforest Lodge in Danum Valley. I never met any during my time in Sarawak, but the Penan people were one of Asia’s last true nomadic hunter-gatherer groups, championed ...

On 20 March 2013, The Borneo Initiative (TBI) and WWF HoB celebrate another milestone towards sustainable forest development in Indonesia and the forests of Borneo when it awards the logging company ...

correctionA Dec. 20 article about the effects of fire and logging on Borneo's ecosystem gave the wrong name for a key chemical involved in forming caves in limestone rock. Rain and groundwater absorb ...

Nestled in the Malay Archipelago, tropical Borneo has captured the imaginations of explorers and naturalists for centuries. Borneo is the third-largest island in the world and home to remarkable ...