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Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium Inauguration Overshadowed by Rainforest Destruction
SDGs Undermined; NGOs Demand Accountability from Tokyo 2020 Organizers Last month, to mark the inauguration of the new national Olympic stadium in Tokyo, 12 NGOs issued the following statement, denouncing the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Stadium’s severe negative impact on the tropical rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia as a result of...
SAVE Rivers’ Peter Kallang wins Seacology Prize 2019!
Legendary Sarawakian activist Peter Kallang is the winner of the 2019 Seacology Prize, an award that recognises the achievements of individuals protecting island environments. Peter is the Chairman of SAVE Rivers, the organisation that led the fight against the proposed Baram mega hydrodam project. Peter’s home is the Baram region...
Oil palm plantations are not ‘forests’
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...
We don’t want you to give a “dam”, Sabah indigenous activists tell Putrajaya
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...
Indigenous Penan and Berawan communities file lawsuit against palm oil development destroying rainforests near the UNESCO-protected Gunung Mulu National Park
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...
MEGA DAMS: GLORIFYING BAKUN TO PROMOTE PAPAR.
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...