OVERVIEW OF THE WWF BORNEO PROGRAMME
BORNEO PROGRAMME
2014
PRESERVE NATURAL CAPITAL
(Halting losses, restoring ecosystems)
PRIVATE SECTOR
PUBLIC SECTOR
(better production, redirected financial flows)
(better regulation, redirected financial flows)
CIVIL SOCIETY
(sustainable and equitable resource governance, wise consumption)
ECOSYSTEM INTEGRITY
FOOD, WATER AND ENERGY SECURITY BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION Pillar 4
Pillar 1
Public sector
Pillar 2
Private sector
Pillar 3
Civil society
B
Attack / Transform
Defend / Protect
Changing the way future yields from natural capital are generated and managed in an equitable and sustainable way
Preserving the natural capital that remains as a recognised asset for the future
orneo, the world’s third largest island, is a treasure trove for biodiversity and natural resources. An estimated 6% of global biodiversity resides in the forests that still cover half of its surface. Much of this lies in the Heart of Borneo, a 22 million hectare belt of tropical rainforest that covers the territories of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia and Malaysia and provides ecosystem services to 11 million Bornean people.
its historical forest cover and rapid deforestation continues inside and outside the Heart of Borneo, a process that threatens species survival and undermines the wellbeing of future generations in Borneo. In 2007, the three Bornean governments recognized these threats and launched the trilateral Heart of Borneo Initiative, balancing biodiversity conservation with sustainable economic production for the benefit of people and nature alike.
This immense natural capital is under threat because of deforestation and development driven by unsustainable exploitation and poor governance of natural resources. Borneo has now lost half of
WWF identifies Borneo as one of its top global conservation targets and channels its support to the HoB Initiative through the WWF Borneo Programme – a partnership of WWF-Indonesia and
WWF-Malaysia. The mission of the Programme is to conserve the biodiversity of the Heart of Borneo and beyond by demonstrating its value as a key natural asset that must be conserved as part of a smart, green economic approach to sustainable development. The Programme will deliver its mission through a balance of ‘defense’ and ‘attack’ or ‘transformation. Focusing on partnerships with government, the private sector and civil society groups WWF seeks to defend the natural capital that remains whilst simultaneously transforming the way they future natural capital is accessed to yield equitable and sustainable benefits into the future.