MEKAR RAYA, Indonesia — Yulius Yogi kneels under the forest canopy here on the island of Borneo, surveying land he plans to ...

In the rainforests of West Kalimantan, in Indonesian Borneo, the Indigenous Dayak Iban listen to what they call “omen birds,” or birds they say sing messages from spirits, Mongabay’s Sonam Lama Hyolmo ...

From the depths of Brazil's Amazon to Indonesia's rainforests, some of the world's most isolated peoples are being squeezed by roads, miners and drug traffickers — a crisis unfolding far from public ...

The company, PT Equator Sumber Rezeki (ESR), is a subsidiary of the Jakarta-based First Borneo Group, owned by Indonesian tycoon Alexander Thaslim. It has cleared nearly 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres) ...

On October 20, 2022, Jeffery Nang, chief of the Rumah Jeffrey people in Malaysia, went to a community meeting and was handed a letter by a government official in Sarawak, a state on the island of ...

In the forested, mountainous regions of Malaysian Borneo, life bursts into vibrant colors as the ethnic Lun Bawang people celebrate their traditional harvest festival in early June. For the ethnic ...

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A watercourse meanders through the Amazon rainforest. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon region fell to its lowest level in six years at the beginning of 2024. Jens Büttner/dpa Around the world, ...

This is not the way they want to go viral. Clout-seeking travel influencers are doing more than just displaying their ignorance abroad — they could be endangering people’s lives. A charity has warned ...

In Mekar Raya, a semi-remote pocket of Ketapang district near the west coast of Indonesian Borneo, the local Dayak Simpan Indigenous society are navigating the complex bureaucracy of the state in a ...