For most of its history Borneo was scarcely ... often established in swamp forest) may lower water tables, affecting neighboring forest areas. Further, destruction of peat lands increases the ...

Over half of all orangutans in Indonesian Borneo live in peat-swamp forest, with thick peat soils, laid down over thousands of years under extreme waterlogged conditions. But loggers and land ...

Recent satellite data and imagery have detected the construction of what appear to be new roads cutting across primary forest in the ... portion of the island of Borneo. Areas in the Barito ...

Borneo is one of the most bio-diverse places ... And they were told to "fill in the canal" - which drains the peat swamp forest- within 20 days or "heavier penalties" would apply.

In KLNFR, a fragile peat swamp forest in need of restoration, efforts have been underway since 2015 to restore it through rewetting (hydrology management), revegetation (planting trees) and ...

A large proportion of the population lives in the borders of Leuser, with the highest density in the lower peat-swamp regions of Tripa, Kleut and Sinkhil - primary tropical forest with canopies up ...

Penang government has identified a total of 449.12ha of peat swamp forests in the island’s southwest district to be gazetted ...