Why I Don’t Want to Hold an Orangutan, by Kaleigh Rhoads, former Communications Intern for the Borneo Project I left Berkeley on Tuesday night, lost my Wednesday in travel, and arrived in Kuching on Thursday afternoon. The only “Yank” in my group, the other six volunteers and I spent the evening eating Laksa, a spicy Sarawakian...
A recent survey published in the journal PLOS ONE has documented large-scale opposition to deforestation among villagers across Borneo, who cited concerns over increasing temperatures and air and water pollution as main reasons for the objection. Read more below. Read more from Mongabay Read more about Forest Policy in Borneo and then join the discussion...
Borneo, by Joe Lamb, Founder of the Borneo Project We live in interesting times. Some consider living in interesting times to be a curse, perhaps a euphemistic translation of the Chinese, 住在不好的時候 , “to be born in bad times.” Others think the saying originates in ancient Ireland. Perhaps the curse...
A new report shows evidence that rainforest destruction in Sarawak, Malaysia is worse than previously thought, although Taib seems to think otherwise. Read more below. Read more from Sarawak Report Read more about Forest Policy in Borneo then join the discussion on Facebook A new report shows new evidence that destruction is worse...
Google Earth Engine’s engineering manager, Rebecca Moore, used this satellite imagery to stop the illegal logging in her redwoods community. Read more below about how this technology can be used to monitor illegal logging in forests worldwide. Read more on CNBC Read more about Illegal Logging in Borneo The relationship between...
Villagers with Native Customary Rights claims in Bukit Sarang are calling on the government not to gazette land at Bukit Sarang as a national park. Read more below about what this national park could mean for local villagers and why they were not informed of this proposal from the start....
Only weeks after Sarawak Energy promoted the Murum Dam as its model for a new approach to “corporate, social and environmental responsibility,” workers who managed to escape reveal the use of slave labor on this project. Journalists also reveal the horrific practice of systematic rapes of Penan women taking place...
Models for predicting species extinction had previously looked at remaining land as a whole, not considering whether the remaining land was connected or not. Read more below about this new model, which takes forest fragmentation into consideration when predicting extinction rates, and find out why species are at higher risk...
By Kaleigh Rhoads, Borneo Project Communications Intern I have developed a reputation for myself among my family, friends, and co-workers, as a person obsessed with orangutans. As the self-appointed “Orangutan Girl” I am eager to take advantage of World Orangutan Day as an opportunity to discuss what orangutans are really...
Following plans to amend the Aboriginal People’s Act of 1954, Native Customary Land Rights have been a spotlight issue in Malaysia. Read more below about the United Nations promise to local native communities to engage the Malaysian government on issues relating to their rights. Read more on Free Malaysia Today...
