Kalimantan

Botanist Campbell Webb traveled deep into unexplored rain forest on the island of Borneo. His audio diary describes the great diversity of life found in this lush environment, but cautions that it’s a habitat under assault.

In the eastern province of Kalimantan or Borneo, there are still significant stretches of healthy forest. The Nature Conservancy is trying to persuade timber operators and officials there to make one district a model for coordinated, reduced emissions fro

For our Geo Quiz today, we’re looking for the largest — and northernmost — island in the Indonesian archipelago. The answer is Sumatra. Anna Sussman reports that the rush for environmentally-friendly fuel is having a devastating impact on the island’s endangered orangutans.