SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Within a vast deforested area on Borneo island, Australia and Indonesia hope to turn an ecological disaster into a global lesson on how to help local communities save tropical ...

McAlpine of The Borneo Project said the certification scheme should prevent the company from engaging in new clearing of natural forest. She added she also witnessed tree trimmings and debris floating ...

The developers of Indonesia’s new capital city, Nusantara, have begun preparations to protect the site from the threat of wildfires and smoke pollution. City planners are to launch drones to monitor ...

Deputy Works Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Maslan said problems that arose, such as issues of land acquisition and utility relocation encountered during the implementation of Phase 1A, need to be ...

* Local community backing key to saving forests * Australia backs deforestation project in Borneo * Peat forests contain vast amount of carbons By David Fogarty, Climate Change Correspondent, Asia ...