The following paper presents the first published record of the cryptic Borneo Earless Monitor (Lanthanotus borneensis Steindachner, 1877) from West Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). This sole member of the family Lanthanotidae is endemic to Borneo. Since its description in 1877, all locality records of specimens refer to…

The Large Green Pigeon Treron capellei was once widely distributed across Sumatra, the Thai-Malay Peninsula and Borneo and was locally very common, but serious declines have taken place and it is now scarce and very local (BirdLife International 2012). There are no recent records from Myanmar or Java, and it…

The policy brief, commissioned by the UK Government and Australian Government, intended to provide informed insight into the potential implications of the recent Constitutional Court Decision No. 45/PUU-IX/2011 on forests, development, and REDD+. For use by government, donor agencies and other concerned stakeholders, the brief aims to reduce confusion pertaining…

Presidential Instruction No. 10 2011 (PI) Regarding the Suspension of Granting New Licences and Improvement of Natural Primary Forest and Peatland Governance was enacted in May 2011. This PI (known popularly as “the Moratorium”) forms part of the implementation of the Government of Indonesia’s policy to reduce emissions from deforestation…