Borneo Declaration
Borneo Declaration
Borneo Declaration
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Forest Solutions<br />
for a Sustainable Future<br />
Dato’ Dr Dionysius S.K. Sharma<br />
Executive Director/CEO<br />
WWF-Malaysia
Our ‘Ecological<br />
Footprint’ - has<br />
doubled since 1966.
Every year, the world’s population consumes the<br />
resource of nearly 1.25 planets.<br />
By 2030 we’ll need the equivalent of two planets.
Our Carbon Footprint grows in tandem with our Ecological<br />
Footprint, which leads to increased levels of global<br />
warming leading to extreme climate change.<br />
We must urgently reduce our Carbon Footprint.
WWF believes our<br />
future lies in Green<br />
Growth from within a<br />
Green Economy.
Heart of <strong>Borneo</strong>
Heart of <strong>Borneo</strong> is an<br />
area of 22 m hectares,<br />
shared by the three<br />
countries of Brunei<br />
Darussalam, Indonesia<br />
and Malaysia.
In 2007, the three governments signed the historic Heart of<br />
<strong>Borneo</strong> <strong>Declaration</strong> to effectively manage forest resources<br />
and create a network of protected areas.
South East Asia’s largest and oldest remaining transboundary<br />
tropical rainforest.
It is a treasure trove of<br />
biological diversity with an<br />
average of 3 new species<br />
discovered and described<br />
every month over the past<br />
15 years.<br />
More than 200 new<br />
species have been<br />
discovered since the<br />
<strong>Declaration</strong> was signed in<br />
2007!
It is one of only two places on earth where the critically<br />
endangered Sumatran Rhino, the Orangutan and Elephant<br />
can still be found across a large island landscape.
Catchment area for 14 out of<br />
<strong>Borneo</strong>’s 20 major rivers.
With over 40% land utilized within HoB, the private sector<br />
plays a key role in delivering the vision of the Heart of<br />
<strong>Borneo</strong> (HoB) <strong>Declaration</strong>.
WWF’s Heart of <strong>Borneo</strong> Initiative worked with the<br />
International consultancy,<br />
to produce the Green Business Network Report.
The report surveyed 80<br />
companies in <strong>Borneo</strong><br />
Only 54% of businesses<br />
had heard about the Heart<br />
of <strong>Borneo</strong> <strong>Declaration</strong>.<br />
Businesses saw benefits in<br />
sustainability, such as<br />
better risk management<br />
and increased revenue<br />
opportunities.
But there were barriers to operating<br />
sustainably:<br />
– low awareness<br />
– inadequate technical capacity<br />
– lack of financial incentives<br />
– lack of enforcement of environmental<br />
regulation
Heart of <strong>Borneo</strong><br />
Green Business Network (GBN)
The Green Business Network is set up to welcome<br />
organisations that can support sustainable business in HoB.
The Green Business Network and website will be a onestop-shop<br />
for organizations.<br />
– Share financial resources and skills<br />
– Sustainability advice<br />
– Support innovative private sector conservation mechanisms<br />
– Sustainable business solutions in HoB.<br />
– Latest financial<br />
– Connect with like minded businesses