About The Host

“It is my considered opinion that The Borneo Tropical Rainforest Foundation has the vision, the expertise and the commitment to work with the local people and their governments to [ensure] that the Great Mega-biodiverse Island of Borneo becomes a role model in what I like to call ‘The Green Renaissance’. A worldwide movement that is beginning to stitch this lonely planet back into a more natural and hence sustainable working order.”

Professor David Bellamy, OBE

The Borneo Tropical Rainforest Foundation (BTRF) was established in 2004 with a unique Borneo focus and a direct mandate to develop for rainforest and protected area management:

• New and innovative strategies
• Dynamic funding mechanisms
• New links and partnerships
• A living model of international best practice
• An example of regional and transboundary cooperation

It operates as a non-profit Foundation under the supervisory authority of the Swiss department of Internal Affairs and has its Secretariat within the International Environment House complex in Geneva; as well as a field office in Jakarta through its partnership with the Yayasan Hutan Tropis Borneo (YHTB).

BTRF benefits from the Patronage of His Majesty Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, King of Malaysia and its international Board and Advisory Board bring together a multinational, multidisciplinary blend of high-level expertise drawn from the worlds of conservation, business, science, media and finance etc. A detailed Executive Summary and other background materials are available on the BTRF website or upon request (contact@btrf.com).