Want to prevent toxic haze? Start supporting frontline campaigns Clouds of toxic haze are drifting across the Malaysian peninsula once again, in the worst uncontrolled burnoff since 2015. Like the Amazon, these smog-belching fires are deliberately lit for agricultural purposes. In this part of the world the main culprits are...
Wong Ee Lynn | Published: 29 Aug 2019 It was with bewilderment that I read the letter, “Europe should congratulate us for our oil palms” and my bewilderment grew when I realised the writer, a purportedly educated man, was not being sarcastic but in earnest. Plantations cannot fall into the category of jungles, or...
PUTRAJAYA, 5 September 2019: Representatives from 9 villages which will be affected by the construction of the Papar dam in Sabah, marched to Putrajaya today to appeal to the Prime Minister to help stop the construction of the dam. The group is representing the Taskforce Against Kaiduan Dam (TAKAD) which...
The Amazon is not the only place on fire this month, as industrial agriculture causes devastation across the tropics August 2019 is a record breaking fire season across the tropics. Most of us saw the disturbing satellite images from the Amazon shared on social media over the last week, our...
This press release is a repost from our project partners at Bruno Manser Fund. To find out more about the Mulu case and how you can help head to savemulu.org 14 plaintiffs representing 10 indigenous Penan and Berawan villages from Sarawak filed a lawsuit Tuesday at the High Court of...
Communities in Malaysian Borneo are embracing micro-hydro as mega-dams leave them energy poor. In a plush suburban Berkeley home, newly appointed Malaysian Senator Banie Lasimbang hands around a pelton wheel bucket made from old aluminium beer cans, which are in no short supply in his home state of Sabah. These...
This press release is shared from SAVE Rivers, a local advocacy nonprofit working to protect the rivers of Sarawak. Find out more here: save rivers.org Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal, recent statement saying that “Sarawak is reaping the benefit” from the controversial Bakun dam is a lopsided remark. This remark could...
May 21, 2019 Jamie DimonChair and CEO JPMorgan Chase & Co. 270 Park Ave.New York, NY 10017 To Mr. Dimon: JPMorgan Chase is the world’s leading banker of climate change, by a huge margin. The undersigned 300 organizations, representing over thirty million supporters from around the world, call on your...
Where: Miri and Ulu Baram, Sarawak, MalaysiaReports to: Director, The Borneo Project The Borneo Project works from the ground up to protect the indigenous livelihoods and forests of Sarawak through strategic support, capacity building, media outreach, and networking. We support projects that are initiated and led by local communities and...
While humans have “significantly altered” environments, these trends have been less severe or avoided altogether in areas held or managed by Indigenous peoples. Originally published by Mike Ludwig, in Truthout May 7, 2019 The United Nations released a dire assessment of humanity’s impact on the world’s ecosystems and natural resources this...
