According to a new study, environmental degradation not only hurts the environment and people’s livelihoods but public health as well leading to sickness, disabilities, and even death. Read more below to find out what the impacts are, who are most affected, and what this study hopes to achieve. Read more...
Indonesia selected the first head of its new REDD+ agency at the end of 2013. Read more below to find out more about REDD+ and what the duties are of this newly selected chief. Read more on Mongabay. Read more about REDD, then join the discussion on Facebook. Indonesia has...
William Laurance, a scientist who has studied various rainforests over many years, finds what he calls a “piece of Eden.” Read below to find out what he saw when he visited Borneo. Read more on Yale Environment 360. Read more about climate change and the forests of Borneo, then join...
Some people have claimed that planting hectares of new forest would off-set rising CO2 emissions created by burning fossil fuels. However, scientists say this may not be the case. Read more below to find out how reforestation would affect our climate. Read more at Mongabay. Read more about rainforests and...
As it expands into Borneo, Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) has agreed to not convert any parts of forest that have high conservation value or substantial carbon stocks. Read more below about what convinced them to carry out this policy and how they intend to see it though. Read more at...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 14, 2013 Over 25 International Organizations Voice Outcry Over Treatment of Penan Protestors (MURUM RIVER/MALAYSIA) A group of 27 concerned NGOs and activist organizations have united to express outcry over the treatment of hundreds of Indigenous Penan women, men and children who have been peacefully protesting...
According to a recent analysis, one third of lands allocated by governments for commercial concessions are already inhabited and used by local indigenous communities. Read more below to learn how climate change, poverty, and biological diversity suffer when land is removed from local peoples. Read more from IPS Join the...
This past weekend, thirty-four Malaysian NGOs banded together to participate in the Global Campaign to Demand Climate Justice’s Global Month of Action on Energy (Oct. 11 – Nov. 11), fostering awareness of unsustainable hydropower mega dams in Sarawak. Read more from Sarawak Report Read more about hydropower dams in Sarawak then join...
Indonesia has made a historic deal with the EU to combat the illegal logging industry by requiring any timber sold from Indonesia to the EU to be certified as legally harvested. As Asia’s largest exporter of timber to the EU, this agreement is an important step towards reducing carbon emissions...
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...
