In the media
Friends of Nature, People and Forests has featured in National Geographic, the Sydney Morning Herald, USA Today, Scientific American, and in-flight magazines by Jetstar and Garuda Indonesia among many others.
For over 20 years we’ve been known as Friends of the National Parks Foundation. In 2024 we changed our name to Friends of Nature, People and Forests to better reflect the depth and diversity of our impact.
Stories about Nusa Penida, Bali
- Beautiful birds of Bali – Los Angeles Zoo
- Big things have small beginnings – Jakarta Post
This is how goats and weaving saved the Bali starling – Earth Touch Insider
- A great privilege being volunteer – Humane Society International
- Minister releases endangered Bali starlings – Tempo
- Endangered Bali Starlings Given New Home on Island Bird Sanctuary – Jakarta Globe
- Minister to release endangered birds – Jakarta Post/Bali Daily
- Berubah demi Si Jalak Bali – Harian Kompas
- Curik Melukis Alam Nusa Penida – Harian Kompas
- Sunday Species Snapshot: Bali Myna – Scientific American
- Islands Close to Bali – USA Today
- Four starling chicks hatched in Bali – Tempo
- Four Bali starling babies grace Nusa Penida – Bail Daily/Jakarta Post
- Giving Back on Nusa Penida – Now! Bali Magazine
- One World – Yak magazine
- Silent actions speak loudest – Be Movement (Singapore)
- Making a haven for Bali Starlings in Nusa Penida – Bali Daily
- Une nouvelle annee de succes pour l’action de la FNPF – La Gazette de Bali
- Bye Bye Birdie – Bali Discovery
- The veterinary degree – a traveler’s companion – Australian Veterinary Journal
- Nusa Penida – Bali’s undiscovered little sister and the FNPF bird sanctuary – Travelling Bali
- Rumours of black magic are not the only charms of Nusa Penida – Hellobali
- New book to promote animal conservation – Jakarta Post/Bali Daily
- Three schools in Nusa Penida, Bali, join Sandwatch in Indonesia – UNESCO
- The rare Bali Starling – Birds of Eden, Plattenberg Bay-South Africa
- From Bali Starling Sanctuary to Community Development – Bali Advertiser
- Nusa Penida: paradise under siege – South China Morning Post
- The Bali starlings of Nusa Penida – Travelfish.org
- How do you protect a bird from extinction? – TEDxUbud
- The brighter side of Bali – Green Lifestyle Magazine
- Bali governor supports Bali starling conservation – Humane Society International newsletter, (pg 25)
- About Nusa Penida and FNPF – nusapenida.nl
- Nusa Penida Black magic island – National Geographic (PDF)
- An Island Sanctuary – Garuda Indonesia in-flight Magazine
- Pastika unveils Internet, releases rare birds on remote island – The Jakarta Post
- Pelepasliaran Burung Jalak Bali – BALI TV
- Close to Bali, Worlds apart – Sydney Morning Herald and The Age
- Jalak Bali ou le succès d’une tentative de préservation – La Gazette de Bali (The Bali Starling and the successful attempt to preserve it from extinction)
- A Flock of Hope for the Future – Bali Advertiser
- Offering Freedom in Flight – Jakarta (front page feature article)
- Religion holds key to conservation – Jakarta Post
- Dr Bayu Wirayudha: Friends of the National Parks – Bali Advertiser
- Tropical paradise at work – Jetstar Magazine
- Bush Matters – Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water NSW (pg 12)
- Bali Starling – Wikipedia
- Where Tigers end and Bali Starlings begin – Bali Advertiser
- The Bali Starling – brought back from the edge of extinction – Zoo News Digest
- Nusa Penida: A Sanctuary for the endangered Bali Starling – Jakarta Post
- Bali Starlings thriving on Nusa Penida – Birds.com
- Back into the Wild – Mauitime magazine
- Released Bali Mynah find safe home on Nusa Penida – Jakarta Post
- Activists plan program to fight mynah poachers – Jakarta Post
- Nusa Penida Sanctuary – blog.baliwww.co
- Bali Myna (Leucopsar rothschildi) takes flight to Nusa Penida – Birding Asia
- Nusa Penida, model terbaik konservasi Jala Bali (Nusa Penida, the best model for conservation) – Bali Post
- End of the road for Bali Starling
Bali Wildlife Rescue Center stories
- Visit of Dean Keddell to Bali Wildlife Rescue Centre FNPF Indonesia – Our Bali Your Bali
10 Social Impact Experiences to Explore at Your Next Airbnb – Causeartist
- Poached wildlife trapped in Bali – Jakarta Post
- Muster of Endangered Birds Set Free in East Java National Park – Jakarta Expat
- Rare Javan Green Peafowls Return Home – Jakarta Globe
- Lima Merak Jawa Kembali ke Habitat Alami Mereka di TN Alas Purwo – Mongabay Indonesia
Stories about Kalimantan (Borneo)
- Restoring Habitat in Indonesian Borneo – Voices for Biodiversity (PDF)
- Bedoco in Indonesia with Friends of the National Parks Foundation – Bedoco
- TK Bhayangkari: Ajak Anak Mencintai Pohon dan Hutan – Borneo News
- Palm oil threat to orangutans – Gulf News
- Silent actions speak loudest – Be Movement (Singapore)
- Ride to rescue of orangutans – Manly Daily
- Eden recreated – restoring Kalimantan’s degraded forests by Farquhar Stirling – Humane Society International (Australia) newsletter (pg 23)
- Riding for Rangas – Ronny Krueger, Geri Roggiero, and friends
- Urgent appeal to protect Orangutan habitat – Humane Society International Australia
- My trip to Borneo Indonesia – Artists for Conservations (Geraldine Simmons)
- RAN’s work pays off in Indonesia – Rainforest Action Network
- Gunung Kidul guy shines – JogjaPages.com
- The water’s getting lower … – Orangutan Foundation
- Pesalat (Kalimantan) Reforestation project – Click a Cultural Connection
- Slow boats to Orangutans (Central Kalimantan) – Jakarta Post Weekender
- FNPF’s world winning Orangutan awareness campaign in Jakarta, Indonesia
- Reforestation with Friends of the National Parks Foundation, Borneo – Taronga Zoo
- Global Mercury Project Awareness Campaign in Indonesia
- Orangutan centre gets a makeover – Jakarta International School
- Sun Bear release, Borneo – Humane Society International Newsletter
General coverage
- Introducing Friends of National Park Foundation in Bali, Indonesia – Australian Volunteers Program
- 10 Bali Charities You Can Take Part in – Hotels.com
11 Badass Balinese history makers – Coconuts.co
- 10 charities doing amazing work in Bali – Coconuts.co