Lead Scientist, Tim van Berkel, Introduces His Research into the Small Mammal Population of the Area Filmed and Edited by Martin Holland [vodpod id=Groupvideo.8151270&w=450&h=325&fv=quality%3Dbest%26amp%3Ballowfullscreen%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bscale%3DshowAll%26amp%3B] 1st collector for Video: Mammal Trap ResearchFol ...

Lead Scientist, Tim van Berkel, Introduces His Research into the Small Mammal Population of the Area Filmed and Edited by Martin Holland [vodpod id=Groupvideo.8151270&w=450&h=325&fv=quality%3Dbest%26amp%3Ballowfullscreen%3Dtrue%26amp%3Bscale%3DshowAll%26amp%3B] 1st collector for Video: Mammal Trap ResearchFol ...

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An excellent example of the intricate, interlinked web of life that exists on earth, and how our meddling can cause unexpected consequences.   [slideshare id=5539611&doc=parachutingcats-101023144014-phpapp01] ...

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It's taken us a while but we have at last managed to get an area up and running to publish and share news, updates, and blogs on our site. There will be thin pickings here to begin with, but this area will become one of the most important resources on our site as we begin to create and curate content. We'll start by migrating the Murung Raya ...

Indigenous groups struggle to preserve ancestral land in heart of Borneo as mining and oil companies creep in. For indigenous groups in Indonesia, ...Original linkOriginal author: Aljazeera.com ...

Last week REDD-Monitor posted a press release from The Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities against REDD+ and for Life demanding a moratorium on REDD. As a commentator pointed out, that was not the only press release from indigenous peoples at the UN climate negotiations in Durban. The Indigenous Caucus put out ... [...] Ori ...

At the beginning of the UN climate negotiations in Durban (COP17), FERN published a short report looking at carbon markets as a means of financing REDD. The briefing, which was signed on to by 28 organisations explains why carbon markets will not deliver for southern governments, forests and people. The briefing can be downloaded here. ... [...] O ...

"The UN climate negotiation is not about saving the climate, it is about privatization of forests, agriculture and the air,” Berenice Sanchez of the Mesoamerica Indigenous Women’s Biodiversity Network says in a press release earlier this week. The press release came from The Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities against REDD+ ...

"The Endless Algebra of Climate Markets", is the title of a recent paper by Larry Lohmann of the UK-based NGO the Corner House. That's him on the left holding up an "I love emissions trading", T-shirt that Fortis Bank (now part of BNP Paribas) was handing out at a UN climate conference. Lohmann has written ... [...] Original linkOriginal author: C ...

In March 2011, a consulting firm called The Munden Project put out a report about forest carbon markets. The report concluded that carbon trading is "unworkable as currently constructed". In October 2011, Lou Munden of The Munden Project (TMP) spoke at an event organised by the Rights and Resources Initiative, the Forest Peoples Programme ... [...] ...

Although known to science for 138 years, almost nothing is actually known about the bay cat (Pardofelis badia). This reddish-brown wild feline, endemic to the island of Borneo, has entirely eluded researchers and conservationists. The first photo of the cat wasn't taken until 1998 and the first video was shot just two years ago, but b ...

A protest in which 28 Indonesian sewed their mouths shut has led to an inquiry into a logging concession on Padang Island. The Ministry of Forestry has formed a mediation team to look into the controversial concession, reports Kompas. Around a hundred natives of Padang Island rallied for weeks against the logging concession held by PT Riau Andalan ...

Twenty-eight Indonesians have taken the extreme measure of sewing their mouths shut in a protest turned hunger-strike against a forest concession on Padang Island, reports the Jakarta Globe. Around a hundred protesters, mostly natives of Padang Island, have camped outside the Indonesian Senate building since December 19th to protest a logging conce ...

2011 was designated as "Year of the Forests" by the United Nations. While there was relatively little progress on intergovernmental forest protection programs during the year, a lot happened elsewhere. Below is a look at some of the biggest tropical forest-related news stories for 2011. We at mongabay readily acknowledge there were a number of impo ...

Indonesia exempted 3.6 million hectares of forests and peatlands from protected status under its two-year moratorium on forest concessions, according to a revised version of its moratorium map released near the end of climate talks in Durban. The new Indicative Map includes 10.7 million hectares of peatlands, down from 15.5 million hectares in the ...

Join us for an Special Evening this June to Celebrate the Success of the Murung Raya Expedition Meet the team, hear the stories, and enjoy a talk by renowned explorer, Robin Hanbury-Tension Please join us for a special evening of talks, drinks, nibbles and networking to celebrate the success of the Murung Raya Expedition, to thank our sponsors, a ...

Join us for an Special Evening this June to Celebrate the Success of the Murung Raya Expedition Meet the team, hear the stories, and enjoy a talk by renowned explorer, Robin Hanbury-Tension Please join us for a special evening of talks, drinks, nibbles and networking to celebrate the success of the Murung Raya Expedition, to thank our sponsors, a ...

Aquapac: Official Drybag Sponsor of the Murung Raya Expedition Keeping things dry in the rainforest is extremely hard work, but was crucial to the success of our 3 month expedition.   [slideshow] We used around 60 Aquapacs for everything from hauling equipment into the canopy, transporting kit upriver on boats, and day to day exploration of ...

Aquapac: Official Drybag Sponsor of the Murung Raya Expedition Keeping things dry in the rainforest is extremely hard work, but was crucial to the success of our 3 month expedition.   [slideshow] We used around 60 Aquapacs for everything from hauling equipment into the canopy, transporting kit upriver on boats, and day to day exploration of ...

DD Hammocks Kindly Sponsored the Murung Raya Expedition Expedition Leader, Martin Holland, Recounts 55 Wonderful Nights in a DD Hammock on the last day at Camp Foyle [vimeo 21969109] Special Thanks to DD Hammocks for their very generous and well received contribution to the expedition. [slideshow] ...

Canopy Access Technician, Holli Kilburn, Takes You into the Rainforest's Third Dimension [vimeo 19831709]   Filmed and Edited by James Harwood ...

Canopy Access Technician, Holli Kilburn, Takes You into the Rainforest's Third Dimension [vimeo 19831709]   Filmed and Edited by James Harwood ...

The Team Share their Christmas Celebrations from Camp Foyle [vimeo=18439464] ...

The Team Share their Christmas Celebrations from Camp Foyle [vimeo=18439464] ...

Apologies from the Rainforest for the Lack of Videos... [vimeo=18439225] ...

Base Camp Manager Ian Blessley Gives a Guided Tour of Camp Foyle [vimeo 19456470] Filmed and Edited by James Harwood ...

Base Camp Manager Ian Blessley Gives a Guided Tour of Camp Foyle [vimeo 19456470] Filmed and Edited by James Harwood ...

During the Murung Raya Expedition, the team will use the latest satellite communications equipment sponsored by Livewire Digital Ltd to interact with the rest of the world, with two live video links into the Natural History Museum, London [vimeo 17495538]   Head to the Natural History Museum on Saturday 15th January to take part in a live Q&am ...

During the Murung Raya Expedition, the team will use the latest satellite communications equipment sponsored by Livewire Digital Ltd to interact with the rest of the world, with two live video links into the Natural History Museum, London [vimeo 17495538]   Head to the Natural History Museum on Saturday 15th January to take part in a live Q&am ...

Another great video from TED. [ted id=929] ...

A forgotten video from the Murung Raya Expedition shows Dale Mortiboys explaining the adaptations that make Pit Vipers such phenomenal predators. [vimeo 24277069 w=501 h=341] ...

A forgotten video from the Murung Raya Expedition shows Dale Mortiboys explaining the adaptations that make Pit Vipers such phenomenal predators. [vimeo 24277069 w=501 h=341] ...

Festive jungle dining; or the demise of the feathery morning agitators Researcher, Dale Mortiboys retells the events of cooking up a festive feast for the team on a tropical Christmas day Four am and Christmas had barely begun when that infernal cockerel crowed. If I had but one Christmas wish, he would have crowed his last on that sunny morning ...

Festive jungle dining; or the demise of the feathery morning agitators Researcher, Dale Mortiboys retells the events of cooking up a festive feast for the team on a tropical Christmas day Four am and Christmas had barely begun when that infernal cockerel crowed. If I had but one Christmas wish, he would have crowed his last on that sunny morning ...

Buying Enough Food for 20 People to Live in the Rainforest for 9 Weeks Researcher Dale Mortiboys describes the joys of expedition food shopping in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan ... Ponder if you will: you are given £2500 to purchase some food items for you and your friends, just enough to last you all for 9 weeks. “Oh the possibilities” you woul ...

The Team Work With Local Guides to Cut Transects Through the Forest for their Research A transect is essentially a straight line which researchers can walk down with ease and use different methods to collect data about the different species present in the area. The terrain here is very hilly, and has made this process extremely difficult, w ...

The Team Work With Local Guides to Cut Transects Through the Forest for their Research A transect is essentially a straight line which researchers can walk down with ease and use different methods to collect data about the different species present in the area. The terrain here is very hilly, and has made this process extremely difficult, w ...

Camp Foyle Materialises from the Rainforest Over the course of a week Camp Foyle has gone from nothing to a 5* research station, thanks to the incredible efforts of the guides we hired from the local villages of Naan and Tumbang Tohan. Our head Guide, Aspor, has done an amazing job. We have 4 huts, for sleeping, cooking and eating, working ...

Camp Foyle Materialises from the Rainforest Over the course of a week Camp Foyle has gone from nothing to a 5* research station, thanks to the incredible efforts of the guides we hired from the local villages of Naan and Tumbang Tohan. Our head Guide, Aspor, has done an amazing job. We have 4 huts, for sleeping, cooking and eating, working ...

[slideshow] The Team Make the Final Push to Establish Camp Foyle After 3 weeks of navigating customs, immigration, market stalls, logging roads, remote villages and shallow rivers in small wooden boats, the Murung Raya Expedition team made the final push to Camp Foyle. The move from Tumbang Tohan, the last village in the area, took 3 days and aroun ...

Frustration, Delays, and Orangutans Base Camp Manager Ian Blessley describes the highs and lows of the second week in-country The last few days have been very frustrating for the team out here in Borneo.  Poor Tim and Martin have spent days dealing with immigration red tape and an official who was perhaps a little over zealous which has meant that ...

Frustration, Delays, and Orangutans Base Camp Manager Ian Blessley describes the highs and lows of the second week in-country The last few days have been very frustrating for the team out here in Borneo.  Poor Tim and Martin have spent days dealing with immigration red tape and an official who was perhaps a little over zealous which has meant that ...

Champing at the Bit to get into the Field Canopy Researcher Holli Kilburn describes her take on the first two weeks in Indonesia And so, the adventure has begun. We've had a mental two weeks of epic travel across the bizarre inter-worlds that are international airports followed by the rapid hustle, bustle and barter of negotiating prices in the str ...

Champing at the Bit to get into the Field Canopy Researcher Holli Kilburn describes her take on the first two weeks in Indonesia And so, the adventure has begun. We've had a mental two weeks of epic travel across the bizarre inter-worlds that are international airports followed by the rapid hustle, bustle and barter of negotiating prices in the str ...

Speak to us Live at Camp Foyle on the Guardian Website Today at 1pm We have established Camp Foyle and our Sat Comms are up and running. Join us for our first interactive, LIVE! chat, on the Guardian website, today from 1-2pm: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/dec/15/live-explorers-scientists-borneo-rainforest ...

Speak to us Live at Camp Foyle on the Guardian Website Today at 1pm We have established Camp Foyle and our Sat Comms are up and running. Join us for our first interactive, LIVE! chat, on the Guardian website, today from 1-2pm: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/blog/2010/dec/15/live-explorers-scientists-borneo-rainforest ...

Explorer Magazine in Hungary has voted the Murung Raya Expedition the 'Expedition of the Year' We are very proud to be recognised in this way, especially in a country other than our own. This award demonstrates the success of the expedition in reaching a truly international audience. The magazine will be running a special feature on our expedition ...

Explorer Magazine in Hungary has voted the Murung Raya Expedition the 'Expedition of the Year' We are very proud to be recognised in this way, especially in a country other than our own. This award demonstrates the success of the expedition in reaching a truly international audience. The magazine will be running a special feature on our expedition ...

Martin and the team respond to some of the questions they have received via the website Ann South -  Wow, what an adventure!  Please explain pitfall traps and transects. No idea what these are and there are certainly none in Surrey, or civet cats for that matter??? Hello Ann, basically a transect is a path cut into a survey area, you would normall ...

Martin and the team respond to some of the questions they have received via the website Ann South -  Wow, what an adventure!  Please explain pitfall traps and transects. No idea what these are and there are certainly none in Surrey, or civet cats for that matter??? Hello Ann, basically a transect is a path cut into a survey area, you would normall ...

The Team Discover Evidence of the Elusive Clouded Leopard Roaming Close to Camp Foyle By Martin Holland, Expedition Leader  I was up at 3am with Holli, James and Aspor to head out to Sun Bear Tree – a magnificent dipterocarp with a fruiting fig tree using it as a host out on the Hay Transect. Aspor had told us about it, and when James and I had be ...

Teething Problems at Camp Foyle Mean Delays in Updates from the Field Expedition Leader, Martin Holland, talks about the difficulties and peculiarities of an interactive multimedia expedition Camp Foyle is up and running. It’s 12 days since we established the site, and we’ve been pretty rubbish at letting everyone know what’s been going on sinc ...

Teething Problems at Camp Foyle Mean Delays in Updates from the Field Expedition Leader, Martin Holland, talks about the difficulties and peculiarities of an interactive multimedia expedition Camp Foyle is up and running. It’s 12 days since we established the site, and we’ve been pretty rubbish at letting everyone know what’s been going on sinc ...

Semilyar Meter Lebih Sejengkal, dari Bandung menuju Borneo Researcher, Ismail Agung, perkenalan dari rekan Indonesia My Name is Agung Halo semuanya! Apa kabar?  Sepertinya saya juga harus ikut rembug untuk memperkenalkan diri saya di situs ini sebagai salah satu bagian dari team Ekspedisi. Baiklah tanpa basa basi bisa bias saya perkenalkan diri s ...

Semilyar Meter Lebih Sejengkal, dari Bandung menuju Borneo Researcher, Ismail Agung, perkenalan dari rekan Indonesia My Name is Agung Halo semuanya! Apa kabar?  Sepertinya saya juga harus ikut rembug untuk memperkenalkan diri saya di situs ini sebagai salah satu bagian dari team Ekspedisi. Baiklah tanpa basa basi bisa bias saya perkenalkan diri s ...

Dan is Pounced Upon by a Large, Hairy Spider  Rusty’s subjects regularly get their freedom early! Is this justice? Not for me!  By Dan Sargison, who would like to point out that this does NOT make him a wuss. Thanks.  [vimeo=18991717] Filmed and edited by Martin Holland  Being an IT technician, I always encounter huge spiders with massive fangs. ...

Dan is Pounced Upon by a Large, Hairy Spider  Rusty’s subjects regularly get their freedom early! Is this justice? Not for me!  By Dan Sargison, who would like to point out that this does NOT make him a wuss. Thanks.  [vimeo=18991717] Filmed and edited by Martin Holland  Being an IT technician, I always encounter huge spiders with massive fangs. ...

One solution to a serious problem in the rainforest – jam envy!! By Dan Sargison, Base Camp Technician  When I initially became involved in this expedition, in the planning, the endless points to discuss, research and consider, food was often brought up. And rightly so! It’s our fuel and can make or break the morale of a team if there’s not enough ...

One solution to a serious problem in the rainforest – jam envy!! By Dan Sargison, Base Camp Technician  When I initially became involved in this expedition, in the planning, the endless points to discuss, research and consider, food was often brought up. And rightly so! It’s our fuel and can make or break the morale of a team if there’s not enough ...

An Exciting Day in the Life of an IT Technician on Location Base Camp Technician, Dan Sargison, shares a walk along the Cody Transect Well, this morning I went out with Agung, one of our Indonesian students, and Bobo, a local guide. We were heading to the Cody Transect, which is the first trail of many that departs from the Ridgeway Trail, about 1k ...

Success! The Murung Raya Expedition Team have Safely Returned to the UK with All of the Expedition Objectives Complete The Murung Raya Expedition Team are all safely back in the UK and settling into their normal everyday lives after an incredible 3 months in Central Kalimantan. Breaking camp was a huge logistical challenge set against a strict iti ...

Success! The Murung Raya Expedition Team have Safely Returned to the UK with All of the Expedition Objectives Complete The Murung Raya Expedition Team are all safely back in the UK and settling into their normal everyday lives after an incredible 3 months in Central Kalimantan. Breaking camp was a huge logistical challenge set against a strict iti ...