Contacts
Asia governors call for forest focus in climate deal
Asian governors from forest-rich countries, gathering in Singapore on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting this week, are urging world leaders to place forests at the forefront of climate change discussions.
Degraded Borneo land to be restored to orangutans
Almost 1000 hectares of degraded land in the area designated Heart of Borneo is to be restored as orangutan habitat, following the signing of a memorandum of understanding between WWF-Malaysia and the State of Sabah yesterday
Unsustainable Logging Threatens Great Ape Populations
All species of great apes are (critically) endangered, and their continued existence depends on the conservation of the tropical rainforests. Recognizing that the majority of great apes live outside of formal protected areas, where logging is the most common land use, a new WWF report 'Great Apes and Logging' compares the consequences of different types of logging for a variety of species in general, and for great apes in particular.
WWF to grade palm oil buyers
Only one percent of the sustainable palm oil available on the market has been bought, according to new figures released by the WWF today.
Royal visit puts focus on Brunei peat forests
A visit to Brunei by HRH the Prince of Wales and HRH the Duchess of Cornwall is focussing attention on the small sultanate’s disproportionate share of pristine peatlands and forests.
Second Borneo rhino caught on camera
An image of a second wild Borneo rhino has been captured by scientists in Malaysia using a motion-triggered camera.
Extinct Javan elephants may have been found again - in Borneo
Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia: The Borneo pygmy elephant may not be native to Borneo after all. Instead, the population could be the last survivors of the Javan elephant race – accidentally saved from extinction by the Sultan of Sulu centuries ago, a new publication suggests.
If the Borneo pygmy elephants are in fact elephants from Java, an island more than 1,200 km (800 miles) south of their current range, it could be the first known elephant translocation in history, providing scientists with critical data from a centuries-long experiment.
Chasing rhinos in Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park
How hard can it be to catch a glimpse of a beast which can weigh 2,300kg and measure over 3m in length? As a WWF team discovered, it takes patience, skill and not a little ingenuity to capture the movements of this elusive giant on film.
Orangutan plan to curb carbon emissions
Indonesia’s new 10 year action plan for conserving orangutans will have important benefits in mitigating climate change.
Satellite tracking reveals threats to Borneo pygmy elephants
A new WWF study tracking pygmy elephants by satellite on the island of Borneo shows that the remaining herds of this endangered species are under threat.
