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Woman left corporate job in Slough behind for life diving with sharks in Borneo

A woman who left her well-paid corporate job in Slough to move to Malaysia now spends her days running transformational retreats and diving with whale sharks. Jo Swann, 52, now lives in Kota Kinabalu, ...
WRAL

Tell Us 5 Things About Your Book: Two Adventurers on Very Different Missions to Borneo

Bruno Manser and Michael Palmieri went to Borneo, the third-largest island on the planet, seeking different things. Starting in the mid-1980s, Manser, a Swiss traveler, decided to live with the Penan, ...
Mongabay

In Borneo, the ‘Power of Mama’ fight Indonesia’s wildfires with all-woman crew

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Wildfire poses significant health risks to Indonesians, particularly children under 5, who especially suffered the effects of the 2019 haze.
Nature

British North Borneo: An Account of its History, Resources and Native Tribes

ALTHOUGH Sir West Ridgeway, the chairman of the British North Borneo Company, contributes a preface to this volume, it is in no sense an official publication. This will be appreciated by those who are ...
Mongabay

Travelogue: Visiting an indigenous rainforest tribe in Borneo (Insider)

Mongabay founder Rhett A. Butler writes about his visit to Sungai Utik, a Penan Iban community in Indonesian Borneo last month. Rhett visited Sungai Utik to see how the community has protected their ...