BORNEO

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Geography - Borneo (as it is known internationally; Kalimantan to the local population) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. The island is politically divided among three countries: Malaysia and Brunei in the north, and Indonesia to the south.
Geology - Before sea levels rose at the end of the last Ice Age, Borneo was part of the mainland of Asia, forming, with Java and Sumatra, the upland regions of a peninsula that extended east from present day Indochina. Deeper waters separating Borneo from neighbouring Sulawesi prevented a land connection to that island, creating the divide known as Wallace's Line between Asian and Australia-New Guinea biological regions.
Ecology - The South China Sea and Gulf of Thailand now submerge the former low-lying areas of the peninsula, but the ancient geology created an incredible biodiversity on the island. The Borneo rainforest is estimated to be around 140 million years old, making it one of the oldest and most biologically diverse habitats on Earth. It is an important refuge for many endemic forest species.
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Unfortunately, Borneo's forests and the wildlife they sustain are dissapearing at an alarming rate. Major contributing factors include deforestation due to palm oil plantations, legal and illeagal logging, and illegal wildlife trading.

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