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Thick haze disrupts flights on Indonesia's Borneo island

Thick smoke from forest fires has disrupted flights in Indonesia's West Kalimantan province

Indonesia finds orangutans saved from wildfires a new home

Indonesian authorities and conservation workers have successfully moved eight ⁠orangutans to a safe ⁠location after the endangered ⁠primates’ homes were destroyed by wildfires in t...

Indonesia relocates 8 orangutans into protected forest after rescue from wildfires

Eight endangered orangutans rescued from areas of Indonesia’s Borneo ravaged by wildfires have been released into a protected forest

Borneo orangutans under threat as wildfires tear through their only major habitat in Indonesia

Orangutan found struggling to breathe weeks after wildfire comes dangerously close to rehabilitation centre

Japan deploys equipment to Indonesia’s Borneo to help fight wildfires causing toxic haze

MEMPAWAH, Indonesia (AP) — A Japanese military transport ship docked on the island of Borneo on Thursday as part of a disaster relief mission to help fight wildfires in Indonesia t...

Indonesian wildfires threaten leading orangutan research site in Borneo

Critically endangered Bornean orangutans flee forests as staff at Cabang Panti work round the clock to stave off blazeWildfires in Indonesia are sweeping through a critical researc...

Wildfires threaten Indonesia’s orangutans as rescuers find injured animals

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Wildfires sweeping across parts of Indonesia’s Borneo island have left endangered orangutans struggling to survive, prompting rescuers to evacuate animals...

Indonesia advances transport corridor linking with Malaysia, Brunei

Indonesia is preparing infrastructure and finalizing the legal framework and procedures for the Kalimantan Corridor under the ASEAN Customs Transit System (ACTS), thereby promoting...

Deadly wildfires leave Borneo wildlife scrambling for fresh water

Wildfires in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, are leaving wildlife without fresh water as ponds turn brackish and forest pools dry up, driving animals into villages and toward the coast...

Indonesia: Baby orangutan saved from Borneo wildfires as habitat destruction escalates

A young orangutan has been rescued from wildfires in Borneo. Named Novita, the three- to four-year-old female was found clinging to a tree in Central Kalimantan on 26 September, wi...

Injured Orangutan rescued from Indonesia wildfires

A young orangutan has been rescued from wildfires on Borneo Island in Indonesia.

Indonesia rescues 6 orangutans from forest fires in a week

Six orangutans including two nursing infants have been rescued from fires raging on Borneo island in the past week, Indonesian authorities and rescuers said on Thursday, bringing t...

As fires spread in Indonesia, Bornean orangutans run out of forest to flee

JAKARTA — As fires continue to engulf large swaths of forest in Indonesian Borneo, orangutans have increasingly fewer places to flee, with fires either surrounding them or eliminat...

Indonesia charges 72 over fires as haze chokes Borneo and Sumatra

Indonesian authorities have charged 72 individuals with intentionally igniting forest fires across five provinces on the island of Borneo and four on Sumatra. Fires across both isl...

Polutan Karhutla di Kalimantan dan Sumatera Masih Terjang Malaysia hingga Singapura

Sebaran polutan imbas kebakaran hutan dan lahan (Karhutla) yang terjadi di sejumlah wilayah Kalimantan dan Sumatera bakal menerjang wilayah timur Indonesia. Bahkan, sebaran arah ut...

Logging threatens Bornean forest earmarked for Indigenous Peace Park

Part of a forest in Malaysian Borneo that Indigenous communities had envisioned co-managing and self-governing has been turned into an active commercial logging concession, accordi...

5 baby orangutans rescued from suspected smuggling operation in India

Orangutans are native only to Borneo and Sumatra, two islands in southeast Asia and are distinct for their sparse reddish-orange fur and long, powerful arms.

Singkil peat swamp: The embattled orangutan capital of the world

Deep within Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, one of the most important peat swamp forests left on Earth is being cleared, drained, and burned. The Singkil peat swamp is the largest of...

The women saving Borneo: Battling fire, patriarchy, and super el Niño on Indonesia’s peatland frontlines

Fire threatens Kalimantan’s rainforests. On the peatland frontlines, a group of local mothers is defending their community. Words and Photography: Garry LotulungIrma puts on her he...

Rescuers scramble to save orangutans as El Niño-boosted fires spread across Borneo

BANJARMASIN, Indonesia — As a strengthening El Niño fuels wildfires across much of Indonesia, NGO and government conservationists are at work in forests here trying to save an incr...

Indonesia steps in to save baby orangutans found motherless at Indian forest

Indonesian authorities are working to repatriate five baby orangutans allegedly trafficked to India, where they were found motherless in a forest, Jakarta’s forestry ministry said...

Indonesia primed to lead a Global South forest protection bloc

Indonesia, Brazil and the Democratic Republic of Congo together hold more than half of the world’s tropical rainforests. In 2022, when Indonesia hosted the G20 summit in Bali, the...

Indonesia releases eight orangutans rescued from fires

Saving Sampurna: Farmer rescues weakened orangutan from forest fires in Indonesia's Borneo

Wildlife organization Yayasan Inisiasi Alam Rehabilitasi Indonesia has rescued seven orangutans from fires so far, as the country battles to contain haze from forest and land fires