Joseph Lee This story was originally published by Grist. You can subscribe to its weekly newsletter here. Recognizing and demarcating Indigenous lands leads to reduced deforestation and increased reforestation. That’s according to a new study that looked at more than 100 Indigenous territories in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest and found that legal recognition...
FSC called to withdraw Sarawak timber giant Samling’s licence Originally published on TimberBiz A coalition of civil society organizations is calling on the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) to drop Sarawak timber giant Samling and withdraw its FSC Licence Agreement under a Policy for Association complaint. Source: Timberbiz The complaint names...
Originally published on Southeast Asia Globe by Fiona Kelliher A coalition in Sarawak is speaking out against a lawsuit criticised as part of a ‘chilling’ corporate litigation trend designed to stifle investigations and complaints Remnants from illegal logging line the ground of a forest in Borneo. Photo: Adek Berry/AFP Things...
In Malaysian Borneo, local communities are fighting to safeguard their land from logging in the face of corporate intimidation. Last December, timber giant Samling’s COO James Ho Yam Kuan wrote in an opinion piece in a popular Malaysian online news site that he was “scandalized” by accusations that the company...
Experts at Swiss Anti-SLAPP Conference Identify Samling’s Lawsuit Against SAVE Rivers as an alleged SLAPP Suit Originally published in the Sarawak Report As companies increasingly rely on legal intimidation around the world, Samling is identified as one company in Malaysia allegedly using legal action to silence public participation A delegation...
Originally published in the Malaysian Insight PENAN folk deep in the interior of Sarawak have refuted a timber company’s claims that it was not logging in Long Pakan. In a video contradicting the company Samling, the ethnic group showed satellite images of a road the firm is alleged to be building on...
Originally published on ICCA Consortium by Bruno Manser Fonds ICCA Consortium Member SAVE Rivers continues uphill struggle for accountability and Indigenous rights in Malaysian timber industry In June 2021, the timber company Samling Plywood filed a lawsuit against Malaysian NGO SAVE Rivers (ICCA Consortium Member) and its directors for publishing allegedly defamatory...
Primary forest in Danum Valley Conservation Area, Sabah. Image by John C. Cannon for Mongabay. This was the headline Sabah woke up to on the morning of November 10th. Before the Mongabay story broke, I heard from Australian friends and allies as early as July that something was afoot. Forests, carbon, climate...
Originally published in Malaysiakini EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was amended to reflect that there are a number of communities, not just Penan, involved in the campaign. Indigenous communities of the Baram River Basin in Sarawak have launched a signature campaign against what they claimed to be a misleading sustainability certification for...
Originally published in Malaysiakini by Andy Heong Editor’s note: The earlier story made reference to Samling Power as part of the Samling Group in Malaysia. This was an error and the reference has been removed. We apologise for the mistake. PANDORA PAPERS | Before the break of dawn, Lunai Pada was...
