About Us

Our people, purpose, and approach to science-led environmental work

Who we are

Borneo Futures Sdn Bhd is a Brunei-based company specialising in outcome-based conservation in tropical forest landscapes. Established in 2015, we engage with projects that focus on innovative science to inform the practices and policies of wildlife conservation management in tropical forest areas.

Outcome-based Conservation

Conservation practice is often input-based rather than output-based. We focus on what actually changes on the ground.

Our monitoring systems move beyond checklists and static reports by tracking wildlife trends over time to produce quantitative indices of species presence and abundance, providing valuable input for adaptive management and targeted conservation investments.

Citizen Science

The foundation of our approach is our tailored citizen science programmes.

We develop standardised monitoring programmes that are scientifically robust and can be implemented by non-specialists, delivering co-benefits of long-term local capacity and large-scale feedback on species presence to a database.

By embedding monitoring within organisations and communities, we enable continuous data collection that is cheaper and more efficient than one-off surveys, and provides an incentive to protect rather than exploit nature.

Why Brunei

We chose Brunei Darussalam as our base because of its people and its landscapes. We are proud to work with a highly skilled local team of Bruneian university graduates and are committed to long-term capacity building, with a vision for Borneo Futures to be fully led by Bruneians.

Bandar Seri Begawan is also one of the few cities on Borneo where relatively intact lowland and mangrove forests remain within and near the city, allowing us to stay closely connected to the ecosystems we value and work to protect.