The Borneo Project

A CRITICAL MOMENTTO PROTECT RAINFORESTS AND RIVERS

Industrial logging and plantation development in Borneo’s forests have polluted rivers, degraded fragile forest ecosystems and made it difficult for communities to find the forest products they need to survive.

ABOUT BORNEO

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTFOR INDIGENOUS CAMPAIGNS

The Borneo Project responds to the needs of local partners, providing whatever support best suits programmatic and campaign needs.

OUR WORK

ELEVATING GRASSROOTS VOICESWATCH OUR FILM SERIES

The Borneo Project Film Team created a series of short documentary films about the 12 mega-dams slated for construction in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, in northern Borneo.

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HUMAN RIGHTSFOR FOREST PROTECTORS

Most of the indigenous communities of Borneo do not have legal rights to the land that they depend on for their lives and livelihoods.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Will Malaysia become Southeast Asia’s clean energy leader?

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Sarawak can invest in or give away its future

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Forest protection is Malaysia’s climate ace card

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UN Report Says Indigenous Sovereignty Could Save the Planet

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How many dam bursts are too many?

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Latest News

08 Aug

Indigenous Penan and Berawan communities file lawsuit against palm oil development destroying rainforests near the UNESCO-protected Gunung Mulu National Park

This press release is a repost from our project partners at Bruno Manser Fund. To find out more about the Mulu case and how…

04 Jul

MEGA DAMS: GLORIFYING BAKUN TO PROMOTE PAPAR.

This press release is shared from SAVE Rivers, a local advocacy nonprofit working to protect the rivers of Sarawak. Find out more here: save…

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