Borneo Nature Foundation International

About Borneo Nature Foundation International

Protecting Borneo’s rainforests, biodiversity and cultural heritage through community-led conservation, monitoring, and environmental education. BNF International have offices based in Cornwall and Barcelona, and obtain international funding and provide support for BNF's research activities in Indonesia. BNF supports and empowers community-led initiatives to protect forest and biodiversity, including anti-logging patrols, fire-fighting teams, environmental education and the replanting and restoration of damaged forests. All the field programmes include high-quality scientific research as a basis for protecting and managing forests. BNF has particular expertise in monitoring the distribution, population status, behaviour and ecology of Borneo’s flagship ape species; the endangered orangutan and southern Bornean gibbon. BNF provides training and capacity building for local students, researchers and conservation-area managers, and works with a number of local partners to implement successful conservation projects.