Kalimantan, Indonesia’s chunk of Borneo, was once carpeted with one of the most glorious tropical rain forests on the planet. It is now, like much of Indonesia and the tropics in general, undergoing large-scale anthropogenic transformation. Home to the Bornean orangutan sub-species, Sunda clouded leopards, helmeted hornbills, and a vast assortment of other peculiar wildlife, much of it endemic to the island itself, its forests are threatened by
Community-led Conservation in West Kalimantan
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Community-led Conservation in West Kalimantan
Kalimantan, Indonesia’s chunk of Borneo, was once carpeted with one of the most glorious tropical rain forests on the planet. It is now, like much of Indonesia and the tropics in general, undergoing large-scale anthropogenic transformation. Home to the Bornean orangutan sub-species, Sunda clouded leopards, helmeted hornbills, and a vast assortment of other peculiar wildlife, much of it endemic to the island itself, its forests are threatened by