The Heart of Borneo is a conservation agreement initiated by the World Wide Fund for Nature to protect a 220,000 km² forested region on Borneo island. The agreement was signed by the governments of Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia in Bali on 12 February 2007 to support the initiative.[1] The region provides habitat to 10 endemic species of primates, more than 350 birds, 150 reptiles and amphibians and 10,000 plants. From 2007 to 2010 a total of 123 new species have been recorded in the region.[2] A status report from 2012 found that the lowland rain forest within the area is deteriorating and under threat.[3] The Bornean rhinoceros was the most threatened fauna, in 2015 three captive individuals remained in Sabah.[4]
- ^ Forestry Department of Brunei: The Heart of Borneo Archived 2012-07-31 at archive.today, retrieved 3 November 2010
- ^ Adam, David: Lungless frog and 'ninja slug' among new species discovered under Borneo protection plan, in The Guardian 22 April 2010, retrieved 3 November 2010
- ^ Carla Isati Octama: "5 Years on, Heart of Borneo Faces Big Conservation Challenges" Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine, in Jakarta Globe, February 15, 2012
- ^ Hance, Jeremy: "Officials: Sumatran rhino is extinct in the wild in Sabah", in Mongabay, 23 April 2015