The story of 5 Kenyah Dayak elders returning to the places of their childhood, high in the remote mountains of North Kalimantan Earlier this year we were invited to support and join a unique expedition to the remote highlands of North Kalimantan, and we jumped at the opportunity. The aim was to document the emotional […]
CONTINUE READING →Raising awareness, inspiring people, and building a strong grassroots movement toward a sustainable future for the island of Borneo is central to our mission, and Neil is just the man to help us achieve these goals. Neil Fraser was born in Edinburgh and, after working in sales, graduated as a primary school teacher from the […]
CONTINUE READING →Next Spring (2015) one of our founding directors, Martin Holland, will embark on a 6 week long speaking tour of Great Britain – by bicycle.
CONTINUE READING →We’re changing the name of our charity to Frontline Conservation, so it’s time for us to adopt a new logo to help us morph into this new identity
CONTINUE READING →You will lead the development, implementation, and management of our communications strategies to build the profile of our organisation and help drive successful projects, campaigns, events, and fundraising initiatives.
CONTINUE READING →FRONTLINE CONSERVATION – A NEW NAME FOR A RENEWED VISION When we formed we adopted the name Heart of Borneo Project in order to raise the profile of the Heart of Borneo as a distinct area of rainforest that should be on a a par with the Great Barrier Reef in terms of global public […]
CONTINUE READING →The Gunung Bondang Bio-Cultural Survey was a hugely ambitious project, combining the usual rigours and demands of a large expedition into a remote area of rainforest, with the complications of organising and managing a truly multidisciplinary project. I’d say it was our biggest and most exciting project to date, and we’re almost ready to start […]
CONTINUE READING →The first Gunung Bondang BioCultural Survey, in collaboration with Universitas Tanjungpura and The Borneo Institute, is scheduled to begin in December and will run until late January. Positions are available for staff and volunteers.
CONTINUE READING →Indonesian government makes bold decision to extend the forestry moratorium. Despite fierce industry pressure, President SBY has extended the moratorium on new concessions for a further 2 years. In 2011 the Indonesian government decreed a moratorium, or pause, on new logging and plantation concessions in 65 million hectares of primary forest and peatland areas. There […]
CONTINUE READING →We often take news and resources from the Amazon region and other areas, simply because so many of the issues are shared between tropical forest areas. Here we present a series of 5 films about how people in the Amazon use fire as part of their agricultural process. This technique is called swidden agriculture, but […]
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