Tagged as deforestation

• Bunge palm oil supplier plans to clear peatlands for plantations

  
  

  • By Heart of Borneo
  • On June 24, 2015
  • Tagged asdeforestation Forest Heroes palm oil peatland Sarawak

  BLD Plantation Bhd, a Malaysian palm oil company, plans to clear some 14,000 hectares of peatlands in Sarawak

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• The Sixth Mass Extinction is Real and Caused by Us – New Research

  
  

  • By Heart of Borneo
  • On June 24, 2015
  • Tagged asbiodiversity deforestation extinction habitat loss research

  Humans are wiping species off the planet at a rate at least 100 times faster than historical levels, providing further evidence that we’re in the midst of a sixth great extinction, concludes a new study based on “extremely conservative” assumptions on past and current extinction rates.

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• The Team Test out their Sat Comms Kit Sponsored by Livewire Digital with a Live Link to the Natural History Museum

  
  

  • By MurungRayaExpedition
  • On December 8, 2010
  • Tagged asBorneo canopy conservation deforestation expedition expeditions Heart of Borneo Indonesia Natural History Museum rainforest

  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   Head to the Natural History Museum on Saturday 15th January to take part in a live Q&A. […]

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• Orangutan Land Trust – New Sponsor

  
  

  • By MurungRayaExpedition
  • On October 19, 2010
  • Tagged asdeforestation Environment Fundraising grants Indonesia Orangutan Orangutan Land Trust

  The Orangutan Land Trust donate £500 to the Murung Raya Expedition The OLT works to “provide permanent solutions for the long-term survival of the orangutan in the wild by ensuring safe areas of land for their continued existence.” We are really pleased to have the OLT support our work to research as yet unexplored areas of rainforest where […]

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