At the Rio+20 global summit, indigenous peoples from all over the world have come to present solutions for sustainable development, flag serious risks associated with government ‘green’ proposals, and highlight how indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge and practices contribute to sustaining the world’s most fragile ecosystems. Read here about how traditional...
Jettie Word, Executive Director of The Borneo Project, talks about the current threats that Borneo faces including deforestation, spreading palm oil plantations, and threats to indigenous communities. Tune into Sierra Club Radio! Listen here. For more information on the current threats in Borneo, please visit: https://borneoproject.org/borneo/overview-of-current-threats. http://sierraclub.typepad.com/sierra_club_radio/ Sierra Club Radio:...
The Director of the Borneo Project, Jettie Word, speaks to the importance of protecting Borneo’s rivers and the communities that live on their banks from twelve massive and destructive proposed dam projects. Read more about how the Borneo Project is supporting indigenous communities who are directly impacted by environmental destruction....
About 40 people from Baram pressured their community leaders to resign if they failed to listen to the voices of that oppose the proposed Baram Dam project. The action came after Orang Ulu community leader Temenggong Pahang Ding, Forum’s President Gerawat Gala and Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri...
A recently published study in Molecular Ecology found that male orangutan’s travel much longer distances than females, based on faecal samples collected a seven sites in Borneo. These findings are further proof that the orangutan needs high-quality natural forests and dispersal corridors, states Sabah Wildlife Department Director Dr Laurentius Ambu....
The Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland has confirmed that Switzerland has given legal assistance to Hong Kong in a money-laundering case against Musa Aman, Chief Minister of the Malaysian State of Sabah on Borneo. Musa Aman is responsible for granting illegal concessions to log tropical hardwoods in the...
The people of Baram gathered together to protest the proposed Baram Dam during a ceremony called the ‘Manyau Dalleh’ organised last Saturday by the state government and Sarawak Energy Berhad to kick start the second phase of soil studies of the dam project. Read more about the protest against the...
The five-year campaign to find someway to use the 2,400 megawatts of power generated by the Bakun Dam in Sarawak came to an end when Rio Tinto Alcan recently pulled out of a RM6 billion aluminum smelt project. The mega-dam is a cherished project of former prime minister Dr Mahathir...
Over 90 million US dollars alleged to be kickbacks for the illegal logging of tropical hardwoods in the Malaysian state of Sabah in Borneo have been traced through UBS, Switzerland’s largest bank. The bank is facing serious money-laundering allegations following the disclosure of a series of documents linking Malaysian top...
A recent wildlife study confirmed that orangutans require large swaths of forests to live. In order to ensure the orangutan’s survival, the study calls for the restoration of high-quality natural forests and dispersal corridors. Read more about the study below. For more information on biodiversity in Borneo, please visit: https://borneoproject.org/borneo/biodiversity-conservation...
