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DEEP in Sarawak's Gunung Mulu National Park, beyond dark rivers and deeper jungles, a trail climbs steeply to one of Borneo's ...
Super-charged tropical trees of Borneo vitally important for global carbon cycling Peer-Reviewed Publication. UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology ...
For the past 12 years, Malaysian wildlife veterinarian Zainal Zainuddin has been quietly developing the world’s largest collection of living fig trees. Spread over three one-hectare sites in Sabah, ...
Fossils of a towering rainforest giant reveal that Dryobalanops rappa has stood tall in Borneo for over 2 million years—now it's fighting to survive.
Borneo was once covered in lush, dense rainforests, but they are rapidly disappearing. The Southeast Asian island, roughly three times the size of the UK, has lost half its forest cover since the ...
Researchers are conducting experimental trials in Malaysian Borneo to see if native trees can be planted in oil palm plantations without significantly reducing palm oil yields.
Over just 10 days in Borneo, we saw nearly 40 mammal species, as well as almost 200 species of birds, venomous snakes, freshwater crabs and more. We left the island exhausted and in disbelief at ...
We lurched along an unpaved road in the night, walls of trees and knotted vines on either side. In the darkness lurked some of the world’s most unusual mammals, and I had come to Borneo to ...
However, the discovery of a previously unknown orangutan population in Malaysian Borneo is reason to hope. Threats Human actions have reduced orangutan habitats by more than 80% over the past 20 ...
Since 2017, 279 loggers have handed in their chainsaws, it said, which has protected an estimated 107,000 trees, including 15,000 old growth trees. But the lucrative palm oil industry still poses ...