An yi saran gandun daji a Borneo bisa ma'aunin masana'antu tun a shekarun 1960. Borneo, tsibiri na uku mafi girma a duniya, wanda aka raba tsakanin ƙasashen Indonesia, Malaysia da Brunei, ya taɓa rufe dazuzzuka dawurare masu zafi da na wurare na muhalli. A cikin shekarun 1980 zuwa 1990, dazuzzukan na Borneo sun yi daidai da irin wani yanayi wanda ba a taba ganin irinsa ba a tarihin dan Adam, an kone su, an yi amfani da su da kuma share su, sannan aka maye gurbinsu da noma. An c gaba da saran gandun daji tun cikin shekarun 2000 a hankali, tare da fadada gonakin dabino . Rabin sayan katako na wurare masu zafi na duniya na shekara-shekara daga Borneo ne. Manoman dabino suna cigaba da mamaye ragowar dajin na farko. Yawancin share gandun daji haramun ne. Asusun namun daji na duniya ya raba Borneo zuwa yankuna daban-daban ciki har da dazuzzukan dajin Borneo lowland wanda ya mamaye mafi yawan tsibirin, yana da fadin 427,500 square kilometres (165,100 sq mi), dazuzzukan fadama na Borneo, dazuzzukan Heath na Kerangas ko Sundaland, dazuzzukan fadama na kudu maso yammacin Borneo, da kuma Mangroves na Sunda Shelf .