SAVE Rivers shocked as timber company uses its chairman’s name on webpage about community engagement in apparent attempt to enhance its image (MIRI / BARAM / SARAWAK) Local civil society organization SAVE Rivers was shocked to see their chairman’s name on Samling’s website in a description apparently intended to strengthen...
Dear Friends, I’ve just returned back to California from Malaysian Borneo, where Fi and I (the two-person staff of The Borneo Project) spent several weeks helping our partners, SAVE Rivers, prepare for a long-awaited trial against timber giant Samling. A few days before the trial was scheduled to start, we...
Indigenous communities hold peaceful demonstration and global civil society stands in solidarity with SAVE Rivers as they face a defamation lawsuit (MIRI/SARAWAK/MALAYSIA) Today, timber giant Samling and Indigenous grassroots organisation SAVE Rivers were scheduled to face off at the Miri High Court in Sarawak. Last week, however, the judge adjourned...
160 groups and local communities rally behind grassroots NGO SAVE Rivers through letters and an email petition demanding timber company Samling withdraw its abusive lawsuit, which goes to trial in May at the Miri High Court. (Miri/Sarawak/Malaysia) 160 global civil society organizations sent a solidarity letter demanding timber company Samling...
December, 2022 Dear Friends of The Borneo Project, Another epic year in the books for us! This year saw the culmination of many years of work at The Borneo Project. We were finally able to put boots on the ground and meet our partners in person after two long years...
Last month, the community of Long Moh submitted a letter to Samling demanding compensation for unpermitted logging on their land. Dated November 8th, the letter was signed by 300 community members and is the second plea made by the community to Samling, after an initial letter sent in September received...
The timber company Samling has been encroaching into the area earmarked for the conservation zone of the Upper Baram Forest Area (also known as Baram Peace Park) in Northern Sarawak. Assistant Headman Suya Ara of Long Ajeng, one of the Penan communities currently affected, is alarmed and sending an alert...
