Supported by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG)

with a Neville Shulman Challenge Award

The Murung Raya Expedition

Winter 2010

A multidisciplinary conservation expedition into the unexplored rainforests of

Borneo, using the latest satellite technology to share the journey with the world.

DISCOVER - EDUCATE - INSPIRE

“This promises to be outstanding... it is the best

prepared expedition that I have ever seen”
Dr George McGavin,
BBC Presenter and Explorer, and FXP 2010 Patron
Contents

Current Sponsors and Partners ................................................................................................................................. 2

The Heart of Borneo Project ...................................................................................................................................... 3
The Murung Raya Expedition .................................................................................................................................... 4
Where: Joloi River Headwaters ................................................................................................................................ 5
Why: Conserving the Forests ..................................................................................................................................... 6
Who: The Expedition Team ....................................................................................................................................... 7
Adventure: Exploring the Unknown .......................................................................................................................... 9
Research: Protecting the Heart ............................................................................................................................... 10
Interactive Multimedia: Sharing the Journey ......................................................................................................... 11
Education Project..................................................................................................................................................... 12
Press Coverage......................................................................................................................................................... 13
Events and Promotions............................................................................................................................................ 14
Information for Sponsors ........................................................................................................................................ 15
Sponsorship Opportunities...................................................................................................................................... 16

Contact:

Expedition Leader, Martin Holland: mholland@heartofborneo.org

Lead Researcher, Tim van Berkel: tvanberkel@heartofborneo.org

www.heartofborneo.org

THE HEART OF BORNEO PROJECT IS SUPPORTED BY EXPLORE 21: A PIONEERING CONCEPT TO COMBINE
EXPLORATION, RESEARCH, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION THROUGH AN OVERSEAS
EXPEDITION INTO THE UNKNOWN.
Current Sponsors, Partners & Patrons
The list of institutions, businesses, and individuals getting behind the Heart of Borneo Project and the Murung
Raya Expedition is already impressive, and is growing weekly. Their support is not only helping to make this
ambitious project a great success, but demonstrates their confidence in the team to achieve the goals of the
expedition safely and professionally.

Sponsors

Partners

Private Sponsors Patrons

Businessman and philanthropist Les Halpin has Dr George McGavin, BBC
agreed to match our own fundraising up to £15,000 – Presenter and Explorer, has
a fifth of our total budget, while Christopher and called our expedition the best
Catherine Foyle, of Foyle’s Bookshops, have organised he has ever seen.
sponsored ‘Camp Foyle’ to the tune of £5,000.
The Heart of Borneo Project
Mission Statement
The Heart of Borneo Project is a charity (registration pending)
which will work to protect the Heart of Borneo Rainforest from
further destruction for the benefit of its inhabitants – both
animals and people – and the wider world.

Through a mixture of exploration, research, community projects,

and education, we aim to increase awareness and understanding
of this vast and unique ecosystem at regional, national, and
international levels, while at the same promoting the values of
sustainability more widely.

Alongside our own projects we will work hard to facilitate,

contribute to and promote conservation efforts such as the
trilateral Heart of Borneo initiative being led by the Malaysian,
Indonesian, and Brunei governments, and supported by the
WWF. By developing a truly international collaborative network
of researchers, field stations, charities, media producers and
educational institutions we aim to create a conservation force
that is greater than the sum of its parts.

Vision
• A coordinated approach to research inside the Heart of Borneo rainforest
• A collaborative network of multilateral partners supporting each other to protect the Heart of Borneo
rainforest from destruction
• For the Heart of Borneo rainforest to be lodged in the international public psyche as a place of enormous
environmental, social, and economic value

Aims and objectives

Established in 2010, the Heart of Borneo Project aims to contribute to the conservation of the largest extent of
tropical rainforest left in South East Asia: the Heart of Borneo rainforest. This vast, uninterrupted stretch of
primary rainforest, shared between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei, is one of the most biodiverse places on earth
and is largely unexplored. It represents less than half of the island’s original rainforest, and is under serious threat
of large scale logging, mining and agricultural activities (mainly slash and burn and oil palm plantations) as
concessions are granted deeper and deeper inland. The area being lost to these activities is estimated at 2 million
hectares per year, with consequences to regional and global systems that are inevitably well beyond our current
understanding.

The lack of research inside the Heart of Borneo rainforest makes it difficult to encourage protection and put
efficient conservation practices in place. Through expeditions investigating the biodiversity in unexplored areas of
the Heart of Borneo, we will promote conservation in areas where it is most needed and further the
understanding of biodiversity distribution patterns which is the first step to put effective conservation practices in
place. We believe that a multidisciplinary approach, combining research into remote and previously unexplored
areas with education and the use of the media is the best approach to ensure maximum impact.
The Murung Raya Expedition
In the winter months of 2010/11 an international team of explorers, scientists and filmmakers will
venture deep into the hidden Heart of Borneo rainforest, to discover, to educate, and to inspire.

Discover:
The Murung Raya Expedition leaves in November 2010 and will spend 12
weeks attempting to access and explore one of the final frontiers of the
natural world – the Joloi River Headwaters, deep in the mountainous interior
of the Bornean rainforest.

The Joloi River headwaters have never before been studied, so the team
stands a chance of discovering species that are as yet unknown to science.
Cambridge professor Dr David Chivers is an expert in the region, and says
that “nobody knows who or what is up there!”

Educate:
We are creating links with schools and youth groups around the UK and
beyond to encourage conservation by helping young people appreciate the
beauty and importance of the rainforests.

Our website will be a virtual learning environment packed with multimedia,

where teachers can download resources and lesson plans, and kids can
interact with the expedition team in real time as they move through the
jungle. We aim to have over a hundred schools and youth groups from
around the world following us on our journey.

Inspire:
We will be one of the first truly interactive jungle expeditions, using the
latest satellite technology to upload multimedia from the jungle as we go. In
this way we can engage in ‘real time’ with a huge audience, and a section of
our website will be dedicated to helping people make positive changes at
home, school, or work, and to giving budding explorers the skills to
undertake their own expeditions!

The footage and photography will be used to produce a film and a book
about the expedition, and the team will deliver lectures across Indonesia and
the UK.

PROTECTING THE ENVIRONMENT - BUILDING BRIDGES - EMPOWERING PEOPLE

Where: Joloi River Headwaters
Only accessible by 3 person canoe, or ‘cis’, the headwaters of the Joloi River, in the Murung Raya
province of Central Kalimantan, are so remote they remain unexplored, untouched, and unstudied.

Borneo in SE Asia is the third largest island in the world, and is

split between Indonesia in the south, and Malaysia and Brunei
in the North. Indonesians know the island as Kalimantan, and
this is where we will be heading.

We will travel upriver from Banjarmasin on the south coast to

the geographical centre of the island. This is one of the great
river journeys of the world, and might take up to 9 days with
all our supplies on progressively smaller boats, stopping at
villages along the way to get our papers signed.

The expedition will begin the arduous journey west up the

Joloi River, past the village of Naan, through logging camps,
and penetrating deep into the virgin forest in the foothills of
the Schwaner Mountains. We will navigate the upper river in
tiny 3 person canoes powered by a petrol engine. The river is
strewn with dangerous rapids, and many of these will be too
difficult to cross so the team will have to carry the boat and their gear around them.

We will create a base camp as far upriver as we can reach, and from here we will begin our study of the plants
and animals that live out their private lives here. This will be our home for the next 8 or 9 weeks, making short
forays into the jungle for 2 or 3 days to extend our surveys.

View of the Schwarner mountain range, taken during an aerial recce of the Joloi headwaters in spring 2010.
Why: Conserving the Forests
Borneo is said to be the most bio-diverse place on earth. Rainforests once covered the entire island but less than
half of it remains standing today, and the destruction continues at an ever-increasing pace.

It is predicted that by the time the expedition team lands in Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) there will be no
lowland rainforests left outside of protected areas. Logging for wood, paper, and increasingly for palm oil
plantations is responsible for this habitat destruction. No non-protected upland rainforests will exist past 2020.

Despite this destruction, the Bornean rainforest still provides habitat for 15,000 species of flowering plants, 3,000
species of tree, 221 mammal species, and 420 bird species. It is the only natural habitat for the endangered
Bornean orang-utan, as well as sheltering threatened endemic species such as the Bornean clouded leopard,
Asian pygmy elephant, Sumatran rhinoceros, and the Dayak fruit bat. In addition, over half a million indigenous
people still rely on the rainforest for their survival.
Who: The Expedition Team
Our team is young, dynamic, and passionate about exploring the world and protecting it for future generations.
We are from a wide range of backgrounds, disciplines and countries. At least 4 members of the team will be from
the University of Palangkaraya in Kalimantan – these will be chosen during the recce trip in Feb/March.

Martin Holland – Expedition Leader and Production Manager

A double graduate from Exeter and Falmouth Universities, Martin brings a
broad range of skills and experience to the team. He attempted his first
expedition at 18 with a solo effort to overland from the UK to Australia. Since
then he has worked and travelled in over 30 countries in Africa, Asia, South
America, Australasia, and Europe through his work with charitable
organisations, including as an aid worker for international disaster relief
charity Shelterbox. He is a photojournalist and filmmaker, and wrote his first
book, ‘Rodrigues: Paradise Lost?’ in 2009.

Tim van Berkel – Lead Researcher – Small Mammals

Tim started his degree in Natural-Environmental Sciences in 2001 at Utrecht,
where he developed his interests in the living natural world. Tim put effort
into finding research abroad for his thesis, and subsequently found himself
doing research on lions in Cameroon at Leiden University. Due to this
research his interest in the conservation of endangered mammals and
especially the human-wildlife conflict further increased. Tim graduated from
the University of Exeter with an MSc in Conservation and Biodiversity in 2009.

Lara Rogers – Assistant Lead Researcher - Primates

Lara grew up in Hong Kong, although a concrete jungle she managed to find
wildlife where ever she went. Lara worked at the Gibbon Rehabilitation
Centre in Thailand and then went on to train and work as a Safari guide in
South Africa. Lara has recently completed an MSc in Primate Conservation at
Oxford Brookes University studying the Bengal slow loris in the Cardamom
Mountains, Cambodia.

Ian Blessley – Base Camp Manager and Medical Officer - Birds

After commissioning from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst in 2002 Ian
joined the 1st Battalion, The Green Howards. Since leaving school in 1998 Ian
has been on expeditions to Pakistan, Nepal, Kenya, Tanzania, Belize
and Guatamala, and has driven from the UK to Gambia across the Sahara ian
has successfully summited a 7000m and 600m peak in Pakistan and three
6000m Peaks, in Nepal and a 5000m Peak Tanzania. Ian also graduated from
the University of Exeter with an MSc in Conservation and Biodiversity in 2009.
Dan Sargison – Communications Officer
Dan has been working professionally within IT for the past 9 years, and has
experience in web design, problem solving, IT training, server management
and teaching. Always up for a challenge, Dan likes to push himself and try
new things which in the last few years have included getting into new sports
like spearfishing, skydiving, bodyboarding, and climbing mountains for
charity.

James Harwood – Cameraman and Photographer

After working as a mechanic for 15 years something had to give! James
applied to the University College Falmouth to study Marine and Natural
History Photography in 2008, finally following his dreams and ambitions of
becoming a successful wildlife photographer. This Degree has given him the
chance to pursue his two main passions, the Natural world and photography.

Russell Goodchild – Researcher Assistant – Reptiles and Amphibians

Russell has spent as much time as possible outdoors on various adventures
up mountains, in woods and on water. Graduating in 2008 with a BSc from
Plymouth university in Environmental science; Biodiversity and Conservation,
he has spent time living in Italy, teaching in a school, volunteering with the
RSPB and catching reptiles and amphibians for a consultancy, although his
first love is spiders and insects.

Holli Kilburn – Research Assistant – Canopy Access

Holli has spent the last ten years working around the world as a carpenter
and after a winter of discontent living in France she decided to throw herself
into her true life’s passion – Conservation. She completed a Conservation
Biology degree in 2008, gaining a 1st with honors and went on to study
research techniques in the rainforest of Honduras. After a course in scientific
tree-climbing in Panama, Holli hopes to pursue a career in canopy research.

Dale Mortiboys – Research Assistant – Reptile and Amphibians

Dale's youth was spent chasing all manner of reptile across the New Forest
whilst developing a strong love for nature. With his camera and notebook at
the ready he has documented bats and herpetofauna on his travels across
India, Fiji and Europe. Having graduated from Plymouth University in
Environmental Science, Dale made his hobbies full time employment as an
Ecological consultant specialising in bats and herpetofauna.

Indonesian Counterparts
We will rely heavily on our Indonesiancounterparts to make this a successful
and worthwhile expedition. We will therefore be supporting scientists from
our sponsor, the Indonesian Institute of Sciences, and students from our
partner university, the University of Planagkaraya in Central Kalimantan. Of
course, we will also be hiring a small army of local guides and boatmen to
support us and teach us about their rainforest home.
Adventure: Exploring the Unknown
Because the region is so remote and inaccessible it is one of the few areas of Borneo that are still undisturbed by
man, meaning that it is incredibly rich in wildlife. Rare and endangered species such as the clouded leopard,
proboscis monkey, and the sun bear inhabit the region.

52 new species have been discovered in Borneo in the past 5 years alone. The Joloi River headwaters have never
before been studied, so the team stands a chance of discovering species that are as yet unknown to science.
Cambridge professor Dr David Chivers is an expert in the region, and says that “nobody knows who or what is up
there!”

Lead Researcher, Tim van Berkel, during the recce (Copyright Martin Holland 2010)

Stuart Chapman, former head of the WWF Heart of Borneo initiative said in relation to the discovery of so many
new species that “the more we look, the more we find”. Meanwhile, MR expedition patron and BBC expedition
presenter George McGavin has said that we will “almost certainly find new species.”

The challenges the team will have to face in order to get anywhere to achieving their goals are immense. The
reality of moving up a dangerous and unchartered river in a 20 strong team (including guides) with all of the
research and camera gear, plus enough supplies to last over a thousand man-days, with a weight of around 4-5
tonnes, is serious to say the least. Once this obstacle has been overcome, the team will have to compete with
100% humidity and soaring temperatures as they attempt to conduct their research and capture these elusive
creatures on camera.

In the jungle, everything breaks down. If you still stand still for too long your body will literally start to rot from
the feet up. Just keeping everything working and everybody healthy will be a continuous test of discipline.
Keeping the team happy and functional will be an even greater trial.
Research: Protecting the Heart
If we can prove the conservation value of this area through our research and highlight it through our media
profile, we will have a good chance of ensuring that the as yet unspoiled Joloi headwaters remain intact.

While we will survey plants, amphibians, reptiles, birds, small

mammals, and primates, our research will focus on flagship species
such as the endangered Bornean bay cat and flat-headed cat, the
orang-utan, the vulnerable Sunda clouded leopard and marbled cat, the
critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros.

Since wild cat species capture the imagination of the public so well,
they have become important species for conservation. Proof that they
roam the region would dramatically improve its conservation status.

Only a handful of observations and camera recordings of two of those cat species exist. The
Endangered flat-headed cat and the Endangered and endemic Bornean bay cat, which are
two of the least studied cat species in the world. We hope to have 50 camera traps set
up to try to record these elusive creatures as they stalk the forest.

The Small Cat Conservation Alliance is very interested in this research in the hope that
we will find an area of high conservation value to allow a severely overdue in-depth
study on these species and threats to their existence.

We are working closely with the WWF who will use our research to better promote
and manage the Heart of Borneo national park. The WWF has also listed the area as
having high potential for orang-utan release, so our research could also aid the survival
of one of the best loved animals on the planet.
Interactive Multimedia: Sharing the Journey
The Murung Raya Expedition will be a truly unique jungle
expedition in the way that the team will use satellite technology
and the internet to take people from all over the world with
them on the journey.

We will be creating an online narrative of short videos in the

run up to the expedition, introducing the team and going
through the challenges of planning an expedition of this scale.

We will continue to upload these videos 2 or 3 times a week

throughout the expedition. The University of Exeter have kindly
donated the funds to facilitate this.

The videos will be short and entertaining, focusing on the

characters within the expedition team, and hooking people in to
the personal storylines.

The main aim is to keep people interested and coming back to

the site to learn more about the environment and how to
Copyright Ed Stafford protect it. To do that we aim to create a style that mixes the
action of Bear Grylls with the realism of Bruce Parry and the
authority of Sir David Attenborough.

These videos will be hosted on our site and a number of others. In this way, anyone will be able to watch the daily
trials of the expedition team, share our discoveries, and ask questions or make suggestions. We will even host
some live conferences with the Natural History Museum and a few lucky schools and groups!

When we come back we will turn our footage into a three part documentary for television broadcast. We also
have a dedicated wildlife photographer on the team, and his photographs along with those of the rest of the
team will be used in exhibitions, lectures, and to illustrate the resulting book.
Education Project: Inspiring a Generation
“Imagine the experience of having a face to face conversation with an explorer in one of the most
remote places on earth. What would your children ask?”

Knowledge is power, which makes education the most important tool conservationists have at their disposal. Our
expedition will make subjects like deforestation, climate change, biology, and citizenship come to life through
interactive and multimedia experiences.

Schools
We hope to make teachers lives easier by providing resources and lesson plans for a
range of subjects and key stages. Using the expedition as a real life case study that is
happening at the time, and allowing the children to interact in real-time with the team,
will help to teach these subjects in an exciting and memorable way.

We are working with the Prince’s Rainforest Project, RGS, WWF, ARKive, and the British
Council to develop and promote these resources. We aim to partner with at least 100 schools in the UK and
abroad, and hopefully many more. We will deliver talks to as many of these schools as we can before and after
the expedition either in person or via web link.

Cubs, Scouts, Girl Guides, & Cadets

There are now HoBP resource packs to help cubs and scouts achieve their
Global Challenge Badge by getting involved in the Heart of Borneo Project.
This is a great way to get young people excited about the world around
them, and by working with Indonesian Scouts as well, we can link children
who share the same interests, but who come from two very different
countries.

Interactive Events
The Murung Raya Expedition is set to become the first expedition to host
question and answer sessions via sat-link with families visiting the Natural
History Museum in London, as part of the museum’s Nature Live program.
We are in talks with a number of other institutions hoping to run similar
sessions with us, including museums, zoos, venues, and festivals.

Linking Communities
By collaborating with the British Council and the WWF in Indonesia, we hope
to provide schools and youth groups in our host country the same
educational experiences, resources, lesson plans, and interaction with the
team – all in Indonesian. This will also allow us to create links between UK
and Indonesian children and communities.
Information for Sponsors
Every member of the team is making a personal contribution of up to £3000 to the cost of the expedition, and is
trying to raise a further donations by doing sponsored events, but we still have a lot of funds to raise and
equipment to source. There are a number of ways that businesses, groups and individuals can help make the
Murung Raya Expedition a success, and there are many benefits to be gained from doing so. We have so far
raised some £60,000 of our £70,000 target.

As the global economic situation continues to improve, we are finding that many companies are beginning to
return to business as usual in PR and advertising, which is why we have gone to such great lengths to ensure that
we can deliver the sort of exposure our sponsors would expect in return for their support.

PR Strategy
We have a dedicated PR team working with us. Our PR strategy involves a mix of coverage in traditional print
media through press releases and authored articles; exposure in specialist magazines and supplements;
interviews on radio and television; and viral marketing online.

National Coverage
The Guardian will be serialising our expedition on their website, with weekly updates following the progress of
the team using the multimedia we send back. A number of UK magazines, including Walk, Outdoor Adventure
Guide and Real Travel/Trek and Mountain will be covering us in one of their summer editions, with many more
stating their interest. We are in talks with some leading TV channels in both the UK and Indonesia about weekly
coverage using exclusive reports from the jungle, and are offering the same opportunity to regional news
channels.

Social Networks and Affiliation

Through our sponsors, partners, and affiliates, we will have sustained, dedicated, and in depth exposure to
millions of people around the world. The RGS, WWF, Prince’s Rainforest Project, Natural History Museum,
ARKive, British Council, World Scout Association, and the University of Exeter and University College Falmouth all
have huge numbers of people following their Facebook and Twitter accounts, and reading the online and print
material on a regular basis. This will drive an enormous amount of traffic to our website and our sponsors’.

Embedded Reporters & Celebrities in the Jungle

We have the ability to fly people to within two days river travel of our
expedition base camp, at affordable cost. We are in talks with a number of
news stations and publications to make the most of the opportunity to send
reporters into the field to tell our story. This is being picked up on particularly
well in Indonesia.

We are also in talks with some well known celebrities about the possibility of
visiting the base camp. Ideas so far are to broadcast a gig or comedy session
from the base camp onto the web, live, generating unprecedented coverage for an expedition.

Making use of our Multimedia

We will be producing high quality multimedia and will be sending this back weekly. Our UK team will edit this into
newsworthy segments and end it out to the press. The British media is crying out for ready-made stories, and the
ability to have live discussions with reporters is something which has been taken up regionally already.
Press Coverage
Events and Promotions
We’re an innovative bunch at the Heart of Borneo Project: Borneo Brew is a unique fundraising idea in the
expedition world. Every expedition worth the name is planned in the dark recesses of a local pub drinking real ale.
As far as we know, we are the first expedition team in the world to be drinking our own commercial beer while
planning our trip!

Skinners Brewery support many local charities, but went one step further for Heart of Borneo project by creating
Borneo Brew: delicious ale which is on sale around Cornwall and beyond, with a percentage of the profits going
toward the expedition. We even managed to get the Royal Geographical Society to sell Borneo Brew at Explore
’09 and donate the profits to the expedition.

The idea, the artwork, and the ability of our team to get our expedition, message and brand in front of large
numbers of people on a regular basis is an example of the sort of publicity generation our sponsors can expect by
getting involved.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Major Sponsors
We still have opportunities for a small number of companies,
institutions, or individuals to become our major sponsors. In
return for significant support the major sponsors will be
guaranteed maximum exposure of their logos and products.

The details of this sponsorship will be negotiated on a case by

case basis, but might include banners at the base camp, logos on
our boats or possibly even a float plane which we will charter,
large logos on our homepage or a dedicated page showcasing
your products.

Funding
Donations in kind are gratefully received – cash is the only real form of currency where we’re headed. It’s always
nice to know where your money’s going however: for example, the University of Exeter has sponsored the
bandwidth we require to send media back from the field every few days. This is a crucial part of the project which
is secured thanks to their kind support.

We invite businesses, groups and individuals to ‘sponsor’ an item of kit or a service. You may like to sponsor a
team member’s first aid training, or to purchase a camera trap in the hope that yours will be the one to capture
the elusive clouded leopard or Sumatran rhino!

Equipment
A cheap way to sponsor Heart of Borneo Project is to donate or
loan an item of necessary kit that your company produces or
owns. Livewire, Paramo, DD Hammocks, Craghoppers, and
Aquapac have already taken up this opportunity..

This is the ultimate in product placement, gives your business

the best opportunities for exposure throughout the expedition,
and is one of the toughest testing grounds on the planet for
your gear. Can your laptops withstand regular use in 100%
humidity for 12 weeks? We’ll find out for you, and if they make
the grade you’ll be boasting about it for years!

Services
From training to insurance, flights and excess baggage to Indonesian lessons, there are a number of ways to
sponsor Heart of Borneo Project at minimal to zero cost if you are a service provider. Our budget includes some
large areas of cost which could be reduced by the generous support of such service providers, and in return the
same exposure would be guaranteed as for those companies who have donated equipment.
Sponsorship Packages
Through the expedition’s exposure, our sponsors and partners are supporting and associating themselves with an
innovative, youthful, and technologically sophisticated research expedition aimed at dealing with one of the
most important and popular causes of the day – destruction and deforestation of the world’s rainforests. Our
community project is helping to empower some of the half a million indigenous people living in Borneo’s forests,
while our educational project brings all of these aspects together in a way that no expedition has attempted
before. Our offers to potential sponsors in return for their support are outlined below.

Gold Package (One Opportunity) - £5,000

We will reserve this package for one sponsor only. As well as incorporating the benefits of Bronze and Silver
packages, the Gold Package Sponsor will be guaranteed the exclusive rights to the following benefits:

• Brand recognition in the expedition title (eg: Heart of Borneo Project – sponsored by [Your Company])
• Brand recognition in the expedition logo
• Brand recognition in the title of our Nature Live series with the Natural History Museum
• Major brand recognition in all published materials (eg: multimedia released to press) as far as reasonably
possible (eg: logos on team members clothing, equipment, and around base camp)
• Wherever multiple brand recognition occurs, Gold Package Sponsor will appear first and largest
• Major branding of intro and outro sequences of all movies used on our website and in our Nature Live
series with the Natural History Museum, and NatGeo Adventure Channel.
• Specific statement of gratitude in all interviews, press releases, and external communications
• Video dedicated to thanking and endorsing sponsor on our website, with direct link from homepage
• Opportunity for live video link-up between company employees and expedition team during expedition
• Opportunity for company representative to visit Base Camp during expedition

Silver Package (3 Opportunities Remaining) - £2,500

• Brand recognition in all published materials (eg: multimedia released to press) as far as reasonably
possible (eg: logos on team members clothing, equipment, and around base camp)
• Wherever multiple brand recognition occurs, Silver Package Sponsors will appear before, and larger than,
Bronze Package Sponsors
• Branding of intro and outro sequence of all movies used on our website and in our Nature Live series with
the Natural History Museum, and NatGeo Adventure Channel.
• Link to Sponsor website direct from our homepage
• Opportunity for live voice link-up between company employees and expedition team during expedition
• Expedition Leader to give presentation to company employees on return

Bronze Package (Multiple Opportunities) - £500

• Brand recognition in most published materials (eg: multimedia released to press) as far as reasonably
possible (eg: logos on team members clothing, equipment, and around base camp)
• Branding of outro sequence of all movies used on our website and in our Nature Live series with the
Natural History Museum, and NatGeo Adventure Channel.
• Link to sponsor website direct from Partner’s Page of our website
• Expedition team member(s) to give presentation to company employees on return
Naming Opportunities
Our Base Camp has already been snapped up – we’ll be building and working from Camp Foyle for the duration of
our expedition thanks to a generous donation from Christopher and Catherine Foyle of Foyle’s Bookshops. Camp
Foyle will be the deepest research site inside the Indonesian Heart of Borneo rainforest.

We invite companies and individuals to sponsor various parts of the expedition in return for the opportunity to
name that element after themselves, a loved one, or their business. The top prize is the opportunity to name a
species if we happen to discover something new!

Name a New Species - £5,000

It is highly possible, some might even say likely, that we will discover a new species during our expedition. On a
recent 2 month expedition to Papua New Guinea, a research team discovered 200 new species! The difficulty will
come in proving that something is indeed new to science, but with the cooperation of our Indonesian science
counterparts at LIPI this should be possible. For a donation of £5,000 we will hand over the rights to name that
species to you or your business. Not many people can say they have a species named after them!

Name the Schwarner Mountain Crossing Trail - £2,500

We will attempt a crossing of the Schwarner mountain range that separates Central and West Kalimantan, and
represent the major watershed of the island. This will be a major event in the expedition and will generate a lot of
attention and be referenced to a great deal. It’s an excellent sponsorship opportunity.

Sponsor our Camp Boat - £1,000

Our boat, a 3 person canoe rented from a local village, will be used daily as our primary mode of transport
between research sites and for resupply of we need to make trips down to nearby indigenous villages. It will be a
feature of our expedition and will be referenced to a great deal. Imagine our team rushing down to the ‘Skinner’
in the early morning mist to follow the calls of a troop of gibbons.

Name one of our Camp Huts - £500 (3 available)

We will have 3 huts at camp suitable for sponsorship, including a lab, a dining area, and sleeping quarters. Similar
to Camp Foyle, our huts could carry names such as the Winser Lab, or the Dyson Mess Hall. Once again these will
be a feature of the expedition and will be made reference to regularly.

Sponsor a Camera Trap - £250 (30 available)

Our camera traps will be stationed along trails in the forest so as to be best placed to photograph or film animals
such as the clouded leopard, bay cat, sun bear, or even the pygmy elephant. Your camera trap could be the one
which proves the existence of one of these rare species in this area of rainforest. Apart from that excitement,
we’ll also make prints of the best pictures that your camera trap takes and present them to you on our return.

Sponsors a Transect - £100 (24 available)

Most of our research will be done along transects, or paths through the forest. We’ll have 24 of these and will
name them after people or businesses. When discoveries are made they will be referenced to in terms of the
transect that the researcher happened to be walking: “I saw 2 orangutans on the Tenison Transect today!”