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| Exploit Fully Borneo's Rich Natural Resources
by John Teo, New Straits Times
May 4th, 2002
This article is a propaganda piece designed to promote more massive hydro projects, and other similar projects. Its interesting to see the point of view of such people. The article says: "There will be costs - in both monetary and non-monetary terms - but whoever said development wiil be painless?" As usual, the indigenous people will feel the pain while wealthy investors get the benefits. |
| Bidayuh First to Step Forward
The Borneo Post
November 21st, 2001
The Malaysian government is suddenly collecting traditional knowledge ever since potential AIDS and cancer drugs have been found in Sarawak's forests. These drugs are a very lucrative business. The natives may again be on the short end of the stick - they will give their knowledge which may lead to new drugs, and get nothing in return. |
| Shift in Natural Forestry Resource Usage Seen
by Dzulkarnain Taib, Business Times (Malaysia)
November 19th, 2001
A Malaysian official believes forests should not only be seen as a source of raw timber but its biodiversity should also be exploited for the benefit of the economy. |
| The Biotech Boom: Creating frankenforests
by Stasia Bochnowski , Red Herring
September 14th, 2001
Environmentalists have reservations about genetically engineering forests. The World Wildlife Fund, for example, fears that transgenic trees will be so hardy that they will create resistant strains of pests or destroy diverse habitats by taking over wild forests. |
| Bio-pirates stalk Borneo tribes' treasure trove
by Patrick Chalmers, forests.org
September 5th, 2001
Widespread attention to Sarawak's bintangor tree, a derivative of which has been used to prepare an anti-HIV/AIDS treatment undergoing U.S. clinical trials, has prompted non-governmental organisations to sound the alarm. East Malaysian state's natives are in danger of having their indigenous savvy ripped off by so-called "bio-pirates". |
| Bio-Pirates Raid Trees in the Swamps of Borneo
by Richard Lloyd Parry , The Independent
August 2nd, 2001
The bintangor tree, which grows in swampy ground in the Malaysian part of Borneo, contains buried treasure: a treatment for HIV and AIDS. The drug is several years away from being sold commercially, but if it is, it could be a lucrative operation. And the Dayaks may not see a penny. |
| Satellite Technology for More Efficient Forest Management
New Straits Times
August 1st, 2001
Forest management will be made more efficient with satellite technology under a new project between the Malaysian Centre for Remote Sensing and the Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia (JPSM). Instead of depending on forest rangers, remote sensing will make enforcement against illegal logging easier and cheaper. |
| Roger Harris: Tribal Tech Supporter
by JAKE STATHAM, Asiaweek
June 29th, 2001
Roger Harris, a 52-year-old Englishman, is behind an experimental Malaysian university project called E-Bario. It has already brought computers and I.T. training to Bario residents and preparations are under way to connect Bario to the Internet via satellite. For the locals, deeply religious after conversion to Christianity in the 1970s, the prospect of better links to the outside world is a blessing. |
| From the Jungle to the Clinic
by Anne Marie Ruff, Far Eastern Economic Review
June 14th, 2001
A pioneering joint venture between a Malaysian state and an American company has led to the development of a potential AIDS drug. We reported on this story in an article from our Summer 1999 newsletter. We're glad to see that the drug continues to make its way towards the marketplace, and that the Far Eastern Economic Review has written this cover story on the topic. |
| Malaysia Buys Solar System for Mulu National Park
Environment News Service (ENS)
January 16th, 2001
A rare case of the Malaysian government doing something undeniably good in interior Sarawak. Solar power is a natural for not only Mulu National Park, but many villages in Sarawak too remote to ever be connected to the power grid. |
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