The Borneo Project

A CRITICAL MOMENTTO PROTECT RAINFORESTS AND RIVERS

Industrial logging and plantation development in Borneo’s forests have polluted rivers, degraded fragile forest ecosystems and made it difficult for communities to find the forest products they need to survive.

ABOUT BORNEO

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORTFOR INDIGENOUS CAMPAIGNS

The Borneo Project responds to the needs of local partners, providing whatever support best suits programmatic and campaign needs.

OUR WORK

ELEVATING GRASSROOTS VOICESWATCH OUR FILM SERIES

The Borneo Project Film Team created a series of short documentary films about the 12 mega-dams slated for construction in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, in northern Borneo.

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HUMAN RIGHTSFOR FOREST PROTECTORS

Most of the indigenous communities of Borneo do not have legal rights to the land that they depend on for their lives and livelihoods.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Latest News

26 Sep

Why Sarawak should be high risk under the new EU deforestation rules

Harvesting industrial timber plantation in Sarawak

24 Sep

EU: Address Indigenous Rights Violations in Malaysian Imports

Designate Sarawak as ‘High Risk’ Under New Anti-Deforestation Law The European Union should classify Malaysia’s state of Sarawak as high risk under its new…

10 Sep

NGOs to Anwar: fix Malaysia’s broken timber certification system

In a letter to Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, NGOs call for urgent reforms of and propose solutions to the broken Malaysian Timber Certification…

27 Aug

Growing tensions over logging spark protest and petition

Save our forest and stop the logging – Baram Penan communities send clear message from the forest to Sarawak’s capital (KUCHING & BARAM /…

Behind the Scenes

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Helping #Borneo's #rainforest communities protect their lands, livelihoods, and cultures for generations to come. #StopTheChop

⠀ Read our latest FAQ article at #LinkInBio ⠀

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Read our latest FAQ article at #LinkInBio ⠀
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What is the EUDR, why is Malaysia so scared, and why do we care so much about calling Sarawak a “high-risk” region?⠀
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Pictured: harvesting in an industrial timber plantation, Sarawak. Plantation timber is now the greatest threat to Malaysia's forests. Two thirds of planned deforestation is slated to take place in Sarawak. ⠀

Dayang traveled all the way from Sarawak to Brusse

Dayang traveled all the way from Sarawak to Brussels to attend high level EUDR talks. At the last minute, Indigenous civil society reps were told they had been barred from the meeting.

Listening in from a web link, they heard Indonesia and Malaysia talk at great lengths about the human rights of smallholders who might be impacted by the new regulations, but chose to ignore the rights of Indigenous communities who are directly impacted by deforestation.

Are we surprised? No. Are we disappointed? Hell yeah.

@saveriversofficial @humanrightswatch @rimbawatch #EUDR #StopTheChop #LandRightsNow #OurLandOurLife

“We found ourselves not only denied a place at t

“We found ourselves not only denied a place at the table but banned from the room where key negotiations on ending deforestation in Malaysia are happening”
—Celine Lim, manager of SAVE Rivers, who traveled all the way from Sarawak to Brussels to attend high level EUDR talks. At the last minute, Indigenous civil society reps were told they had been barred from the meeting.

@saveriversofficial @humanrightswatch @rimbawatch #EUDR #StopTheChop #LandRightsNow #OurLandOurLife

An Indigenous delegation from Sarawak was barred f

An Indigenous delegation from Sarawak was barred from an important EU meeting on deforestation last week. Frontline communities have the most on the line, but were given no seat at the table. Shame.

#StopTheChop #EUDR #LandRightsNow

The latest from Human Rights Watch: EU Anti-Defore

The latest from Human Rights Watch: EU Anti-Deforestation Talks Shouldn’t Sideline Frontline Communities⠀

Last week, we joined our partners Dayang and Celine in Brussels for the European Union's Joint Task Force meeting on its new anti-deforestation regulation (EUDR) with Malaysia and Indonesia. But at the last minute, the Southeast Asian governments denied entry to civil society participants -- who were forced to observe the meeting online from another room. ⠀

Celine said, “We found ourselves not only denied a place at the table but banned from the room where key negotiations on ending deforestation in Malaysia are happening."⠀

Read more on Human Rights Watch: https://bit.ly/4e7dQua

Listen in to our friend and partner Celine Lim, th

Listen in to our friend and partner Celine Lim, the Managing Director of Sarawak-based SAVE Rivers, as she talks about the ongoing struggle to protect the Baram Peace Park.⠀
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Check out the interview on our website blog!

Henry Nyeling from Long Kerong, pictured here, is

Henry Nyeling from Long Kerong, pictured here, is fed up with logging in the Baram Peace Park. We stand in solidarity with the Baram communities as they fight for justice, land rights, and a sustainable future.✊⠀⠀
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📢 Join the movement and sign the petition to protect the Baram Peace Park at #LinkInBio⠀⠀
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#StopTheChop #LandRightsNow #DefendBorneo #JusticeForBaram

We look forward to hearing from you, @anwaribrahim

We look forward to hearing from you, @anwaribrahim_my

Today, our NGO coalition released a new report calling on Malaysia’s Prime Minister to overhaul the nation’s faulty timber certification scheme. Highlighting failures from greenwashing to silencing Indigenous voices, the report outlines a new paradigm for a system designed to protect the rainforest and local communities, while ensuring sustainable forest management.

#StopTheChop #LandRightsNow @pefcinternational @mtcc_my

Read the full story on our website.

Today, our NGO coalition released a new report cal

Today, our NGO coalition released a new report calling on Malaysia's Prime Minister to overhaul the nation's faulty timber certification scheme. Highlighting failures from #greenwashing to silencing Indigenous voices, the report outlines a new paradigm for a system designed to protect the rainforest and local communities, while ensuring sustainable forest management. ⠀
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Read the full story on our website.

We stand in solidarity with the Baram communities

We stand in solidarity with the Baram communities as they fight for justice, land rights, and a sustainable future. ✊⠀
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📢 Join the movement and sign the petition to protect the Baram Peace Park at #LinkInBio⠀
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#StopTheChop #LandRightsNow #DefendBorneo #JusticeForBaram

Jawa Nyipa, pictured here, has signed the petition

Jawa Nyipa, pictured here, has signed the petition to protect his ancestral lands against destructive logging practices. Communities like his are rising up, fighting to save the Baram Peace Park.

We stand with Baram communities in their fight for justice and sustainability. ✊

📢 You can sign the petition to protect the peace park at #LinkInBio

#StopTheChop #LandRightsNow

Penan activist Elizabeth Ballang points to a sign

Penan activist Elizabeth Ballang points to a sign from the Sarawak Forest Department declaring that no trees can be cut in this area. Yet, the same department has granted Borneoland Timber a license to log. It's no wonder communities are confused and outraged.

We stand in solidarity with the Baram communities as they fight for justice, land rights, and a sustainable future. ✊

📢 Join the movement and sign the petition to protect the Baram Peace Park at #LinkInBio

#StopTheChop #LandRightsNow #DefendBorneo #JusticeForBaram

Communities in Sarawak are rising up, fighting to

Communities in Sarawak are rising up, fighting to save the Baram Peace Park from logging. Agan Teliap, pictured here, has signed the petition to protect his ancestral lands against destructive logging practices. Forest defenders like him are working to protect some of the last intact primary forests left in Sarawak.

We stand with Baram communities in their fight for justice and sustainability. ✊

📢 You can sign the petition to protect the peace park at #LinkInBio

#BorneoProject #DefendTheForest #NoMoreLogging #IndigenousRights #ClimateJustice #ActNow #StopTheChop #LandRightsNow

"Save our forest and stop the logging" — Baram P

"Save our forest and stop the logging" — Baram Penan communities send a dramatic appeal and a petition with over 500 signatures from the forest to Sarawak’s decision-makers.

“We are scared of the growing aggression in our village. Our delegation is here in Kuching today to ask the Premier and other representatives of the government to end the logging and bring peace back to our home and forest,” said Maria Nilson, a farmer from the Penan village of Ba Data Bila.

#StopTheChop #LandRightsNow #OurLandOurLife #BaramPeacePark

Contrary to recent claims by the Forest Department

Contrary to recent claims by the Forest Department Sarawak, satellite analysis of the last three months indicates that a network of logging roads is rapidly developing close to the Penan community of Ba Data Bila, inside the Baram Peace Park.

It’s about time the community got some real answers.

#StopTheChop #OurLandOurLife #BaramPeacePark

Contrary to recent claims by the @forest_departmen

Contrary to recent claims by the @forest_department_sarawak, satellite analysis of the last three months indicates that a network of logging roads is rapidly developing close to the Penan community of Ba Data Bila, inside the Baram Peace Park.

It's about time the community got some real answers.

#StopTheChop #OurLandOurLife #BaramPeacePark

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