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Trees being felled in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of Borneo, in 2013, to make way for a new coal mining project. Deforestation in Borneo has taken place on an industrial scale since the 1960s. Borneo, the third largest island in the world, divided between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, was once covered by dense tropical and subtropical ...
The Borneo lowland rain forests is an ecoregion, within the tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests biome, of the large island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. [1] It supports approximately 15,000 plant species, 380 bird species and several mammal species.
The higher elevations of Borneo are relatively inaccessible, and subject to less logging and conversion to agriculture than the lowland rain forests. The montane forests were less affected by the forest fires of 1997-8 that damaged so much of Borneo's lowland forest. [1] Approximately three-quarters of the montane forests are still relatively ...
1987 - Communities in Sarawak, such as Penan and Kayan, resisted logging by putting up a blockade in the Baram region - 42 activists were arrested. [9]1990 - The Voices for the Borneo Rainforest World Tour, brought Indigenous perspectives to forums across the globe, with the goal of raising awareness about the logging in Sarawak, and calling for an end to deforestation in primary rainforests ...
Thinkers of the Jungle - The Orangutan Report: Pictures, Facts, Background [26] gives an account of the life, behaviour and fate of orangutans. Alongside a wealth of information about this endangered species based on the latest research, authors Willie Smits and Gerd Schuster outline the threat to the orangutan's survival: economical and ...
Rafflesia, largest flower in the world is endemic to Borneo. Borneo island, made up of three countries which are Malaysia (Sabah and Sarawak), Brunei (Sultanate) and Indonesia (Kalimantan), is the third largest island in the world. Borneo island is a region that is rich in biodiversity. It consists of 15,000 plant species, and more than 1,400 ...
Footbridge to the tropical rainforest in Danum Valley Danum Valley Conservation Area is a 438 square kilometres tract of relatively undisturbed lowland dipterocarp forest in Sabah , Malaysia . It has an extensive diversity of tropical flora and fauna, including such species as the rare Bornean orangutans , gibbons , mousedeer , clouded leopards ...
The destruction had a major negative impact on the livelihoods of people in the area. It caused major smog-related health problems amongst half a million people, who suffered from respiratory problems. [4] The dry years of 1997-8 and 2002-3 (see El Niño) in particular saw huge fires in the drained and drying-out peat swamp forests.