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Tag: Borneo (Indonesia)

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The Rainforests Being Cleared to Build Your R.V.

August 19, 2025August 20, 2025SUI-LEE WEEComments Off on The Rainforests Being Cleared to Build Your R.V.

American demand for tropical wood that is used in motor homes, conservationists say, is accelerating the disappearance of some of the world’s largest forests.

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5-Star Bird Houses for Picky but Precious Guests: Nesting Swiftlets

April 2, 2024April 2, 2024Richard C. Paddock, Muktita Suhartono and Nyimas LaulaComments Off on 5-Star Bird Houses for Picky but Precious Guests: Nesting Swiftlets

To lure swiftlets, whose saliva-built nests fetch high prices in China, people in Borneo compete to build them the most luxurious accommodations: safe, clean, dark and with pools for bathing.

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A Plant That Flowers Underground Is New to Science, but Not to Borneo

January 20, 2024January 20, 2024Mike Ives and Hasya NinditaComments Off on A Plant That Flowers Underground Is New to Science, but Not to Borneo

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, hailed pinanga subterranea, a palm native to the island, as a discovery, but it has long been known to local Indigenous people.

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Fleeting Glimpses of Indonesia’s Endangered Orangutans

August 2, 2021Matt StirnComments Off on Fleeting Glimpses of Indonesia’s Endangered Orangutans

On the island of Sumatra, a devoted group of conservationists is grasping for a solution that will benefit both the animals and the people who live around them.

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Indonesia Plane Crash Shakes Small Fishing Village

January 11, 2021January 12, 2021Dera Menra Sijabat and Richard C. PaddockComments Off on Indonesia Plane Crash Shakes Small Fishing Village

A sleepy island has become a base for the aircraft search and recovery operation after Sriwijaya Air Flight 182 fell from the sky. “I’m lucky it didn’t hit me,” said one fisherman.

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Coronavirus Puts Captive Orangutans’ Return to the Wild on Hold

May 6, 2020May 6, 2020RICHARD C. PADDOCKComments Off on Coronavirus Puts Captive Orangutans’ Return to the Wild on Hold

If one ape in the forest is infected, a whole population could be wiped out, experts say. So orangutans in Indonesia’s rehabilitation centers are staying where they are.

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A Lake With Stingless Jellyfish and Hints of Hotter Seas

November 4, 2019Richard C. Paddock and Adam DeanComments Off on A Lake With Stingless Jellyfish and Hints of Hotter Seas

For divers, the millions of harmless jellyfish in an Indonesian lake are must-see novelties. For scientists, the warmer, more acidic and less oxygenated water is “a projection of our future climate.”

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As Amazon Smolders, Indonesia Fires Choke the Other Side of the World

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019RICHARD C. PADDOCK and MUKTITA SUHARTONOComments Off on As Amazon Smolders, Indonesia Fires Choke the Other Side of the World

Thousands of fires, most of them set to clear land for plantations that make palm oil, created thick clouds of smoke that disrupted air travel and sickened people.

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One Casualty of the Palm Oil Industry: An Orangutan Mother, Shot 74 Times

June 29, 2019June 29, 2019HANNAH BEECHComments Off on One Casualty of the Palm Oil Industry: An Orangutan Mother, Shot 74 Times

Indonesia has promised to stop clearing jungle for plantations. So why are endangered apes still on the front lines of the conservation battle?

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Feature: Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet. Instead It Unleashed a Catastrophe.

November 20, 2018November 20, 2018ABRAHM LUSTGARTENComments Off on Feature: Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet. Instead It Unleashed a Catastrophe.

A decade ago, the U.S. mandated the use of vegetable oil in biofuels, leading to industrial-scale deforestation — and a huge spike in carbon emissions.

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