Costa Rica has shown that cleared rainforest can be successfully replaced - and has doubled its forest coverage in 22 years. An inspiration for Borneo! Read here

BHP Billiton, the world's largest mining company, plans to develop seven "forest mines" in the so-called "Heart of Borneo", an expanse of biodiverse rainforest on the tropical island that is home to orangutans and other endangered species. Documents obtained by the The Sunday Times suggest that the Australia-based mining firm has lobbied to have the protected status of some areas lifted so it can begin operations...here

Baby orang utan. A more pitiful sight it is hard to imagine. Just five months old, tiny Monyong blinks in the harsh equatorial sunlight. Her arm is bandaged - the result of a hunters bullet that killed her mother and shattered Monyong's humerus bone...here

Borneo rhinos photographed...here