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BTRF has been chosen as a beneficiary of this years 25 hours Freeride event in Gstaad.
The 25 hours freeride is the brainchild of BTRF board member, Dominique Perret, who has earned the distinction of being voted ‘Freeride Skier of the Century’. Now in its eighth year, the freeride is a team event that has raised thousands of francs for charity.
This year the proceeds of this inspirational sporting and fun occasion will be shared by two organisations working on behalf of underprivileged children in the developed and developing world respectively:
- Swiss organisation, Just 4 Smiles, which provides sports facilities specifically adapted for the enjoyment of severely handicapped children.
- BTRF, which has developed a special programme to benefit the ‘Children of Malinau’, and thereby promote long-term efforts to preserve the globally important forests in this remote part of Borneo.
The ‘Children of Malinau’ programme is linked to a wider ‘BTRF+’ initiative that will also be launched during the 25 Freeride celebrations.
BTRF+ is a unique service for companies and individuals wishing to move towards achieving a positive ‘environmental footprint’, and thereby contribute as responsible global citizens – on an essentially voluntary and altruistic basis – to efforts to combat environmental degradation and global warming.
A first ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ of this new programmes is Dominique Perret himself, whose films and expeditions will henceforce be organised under the banner of the BTRF+ “Seal of Environmental and Social Responsibility”.
The following background documents are available for download:
- Children of Malinau
- Les Enfants de Malinau (en Français)
- BTRF+ brochure (part 1, part 2)
- BTRF+ presentation
Rainforest: The Planetary Stakes
The world’s tropical rainforests, until recently at least, occupied just 2% of the surface of the planet (6% of the land surface) but contained 65% of the world’s biological resources.
The current rampant destruction of rainforest in Borneo is a biodiversity disaster of planetary proportions. Majestic gifts of creation, which took 50 to 100 million years to develop could be totally decimated in just 50 years of frenzied, largely uncontrolled exploitation.
Green Renaissance, Bali, 9th December 2007
News and updates related to Green Renaissance, an initiative of Borneo Tropical Rainforest Foundation, Global Eco Rescue, Ltd. and partner organisations in association with the Government of Indonesia and the Organising Committee of the Bali Conference of the Parties to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to be held in Bali on 9th December 2007
21/01/09 - Results of 25 Hrs Freeride
BTRF would like to extend its most heartfelt thanks to Dominique Perret, the organizers, the sponsors and all the participants that made the 25 hours freeride a fun and successful event. BTRF is particularly pleased to announce that its team came in second position. CHF 89,000 were donated to BTRF which will go to support its work in Malinau Regency in East Kalimantan Province of Borneo.
12/01/07 - Investing in Ecosystems: A global undervalued asset class
BTRF-GER brochure, Investing in Ecosystem is available for download. A synthesis of capital and conservation, Global Eco Rescue (GER) has a shared ethos and vision with its sister charitable organisation, the Borneo Tropical Rainforest Foundation ....
12/01/07 - BTRF on CIFOR Forest Day
BTRF take part on CIFOR Forest Day Poster Session. The poster “Save Borneo Save The World” is BTRF’s campaign to save the Borneo’s rainforests’ and its important role in response to climate change which has become a global issue.
12/01/07 - Malinau Regency and Global Eco Rescue sign MoU on Voluntary Carbon Market
The Jakarta Post reported today on the agreement signed between the Malinau Regency and Global Eco Rescue, Ltd.: “Meanwhile, the Malinau regency administration in East Kalimantan and London-based PT Global Eco Rescue Indonesia signed a memorandum of understanding to protect forests through a voluntary carbon market.
