Partial Listing of Organizations Active in Sarawak and Sabah, Malaysia
The following organizations appear in alphabetical order.

Borneo Resources Institute (BRIMAS)
BRIMAS is the leading indigenous organization working to enhance local initiatives throughout Sarawak. Through its mapping project, BRIMAS fosters community development and self-reliance; builds collaborative strategies and networks; and disseminates political and legal awareness to groups throughout Sarawak. Led by long-time activist Raymond Abin, BRIMAS' staff provides community training, organization, mapping and advocacy services. BRIMAS also helps communities take legal action by working closely with a team of indigenous rights lawyers, including Goldman Environmental Prize Winner Harrison Ngau Laing.

Keruan (New Dawn)
Keruan is a Penan organization based out of Kota Kinabalu that works with forty-seven Penan villages and provides a link between communities and urban-based NGOs. Keruan's goals are to halt all logging on Penan lands and achieve permanent protection over customary land rights. The organization assists in community mapping and the determination of land protection strategies. It has also helped to establish pre-schools and other small-scale community projects.

Partners of Community Organisations (PACOS)
PACOS empowers indigenous communities in Sabah through providing support to village-based organizations. PACOS has been cultivating a cadre of community organizers who return to their villages after training to empower their own communities to deal with issues of land and resource management, socio-economic development, as well as culture and education. One of their main emphases lies in early child care development, establishing a network of preschools in indigenous areas, training local teachers and developing specialized curricula. PACOS is also poised to become a regional leader in renewable energy technologies through their strength in technical training and support.

Red Ape Encounters (RAE)
Red Ape Encounters is a community-owned and managed tourism operator that works to protect orangutan habitat and benefit local communities in the Lower Kinabatangan in Sabah, Malaysia. Red Ape Encounters is a project of the Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Project, an organization established in 1998 by the French NGO Hutan, in collaboration with the Sabah Wildlife Department, to achieve long-term viability of Sabah's orangutan populations. Based in the village of Sukau, Red Ape Encounters trains local research assistants as nature guides, cultural interpreters and participants in a long-term orangutan research and conservation project. Through the creation of a Community Tourism Fund and a Community Conservation Fund, RAE supports orangutan tourism activities that support healthy orangutan habitat and that are developed and implemented by local communities. 

Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM or Friends of the Earth Malaysia)
SAM is one of the most established and well-respected environmental and human rights organizations in Southeast Asia. SAM has been on the forefront of indigenous struggles in Sarawak since the mid-1980s and has partnered with The Borneo Project for the last ten years. Under the direction of Thomas Jalong and Condé Nast Traveler Environmental Award Winner Jok Jau Evong, SAM provides organizing and training support to a vast network of indigenous communities. SAM has an established community mapping program and provides paralegal training, documentation and advocacy services.

Sarawak Indigenous Peoples Network (SIPEN)
SIPEN's Legal Services and Advocacy Program was established in 2002 to secure customary land rights, resource use and ownership rights, and the basic human rights of Sarawak's indigenous peoples. Led by Harrison Ngau Laing, SIPEN is working to: 1) establish legal precedents for native land rights and human rights cases; 2) build legal awareness and capacity among rural communities; 3) build public awareness and support for customary land rights recognition and human rights protection; 4) increase the capacity of lawyers and legal resource persons; and 5) build a legal resource library to house reference materials focused on local, national and international laws relating to indigenous rights.

Sarawak Penan Association (SPA)
The Sarawak Penan Association was established to unite 19 formerly nomadic Penan groups in the Apoh/Tutoh region of Sarawak when logging first entered in 1987. Led by Director Ajang Kiew, the Sarawak Penan Association provides a vital link between remote, often illiterate communities. In the last decade, hundreds Penan have been intimidated, arrested, and illegally imprisoned for opposing logging on their customary lands. To help villagers deal with the police, logging companies, government agencies, and the courts, SPA provides paralegal services, mapping support and community development assistance.

Uma Bawang Residents Association (UBRA)
UBRA is a community-based organization founded in 1989 to help organize peaceful roadblocks against logging companies operating in indigenous territory. Through programs such as a communal fish pond, livestock rearing, fruit orchards, an organic farm, and an agroforestry pilot project for local timber needs, UBRA has become a model for communities struggling to survive in areas where logging has weakened community life and depleted essential forest resources. UBRA's consistent work in poverty reduction through conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity has been internationally recognized, and the organization has received the United Nations Equator Prize and the Slow Food Award. The Borneo Project has worked with UBRA for fourteen years.