February Updates
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Category: Updates
Ways to prevent Borneo’s forest fires from happening again
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...
Raging fires in the Amazon and Asia — what you can do to help
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...
Tackling Energy Poverty in Sarawak
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...
UN Report Says Indigenous Sovereignty Could Save the Planet
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...
April Updates
Here is your monthly dose of all things Borneo Project:Mulu Updates An area of 4400 hectares in the immediate vicinity of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Mulu National Park was under threat of being converted into palm oil monocultures during February and early March. Although logging has stopped for now, we need to...
Will Malaysia become Southeast Asia’s clean energy leader?
Malaysia has the opportunity to position itself as Southeast Asia’s clean energy and renewable industries leader. This article was originally published at Mongabay A silver lining of global warming is that it is forcing every nation to rethink its future, to open its mind to new possibilities. The latest IPCC...
Sarawak can invest in or give away its future
There’s no need to continue accepting tragic trade-offs between healthy rivers and low-cost, reliable, and renewable electricity. This article was originally posted at Mongabay. In October, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report outlining strategies the world can pursue to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius and maintain...
Forest protection is Malaysia’s climate ace card
What hope for Malaysia we saw at the Clean Energy Collaboration conference in Kuching. Everyone from ministers, Sarawak state authorities, NGOs and community leaders all met together to find an affordable and an environmentally and socially sustainable pathway for Malaysia to transform its energy system, and electrify its rural areas. ...
Clean Energy Collaboration Kuching agrees on way forward for renewable energy in Sarawak
Originally published by SAVE Rivers Kuching 15-16 March: After two days of discussions and panels between ministers, government officials, community members, civil society organizations, and industry experts, the resulting message of the Clean Energy Collaboration is clear: Malaysia has an incredible opportunity to lead the renewable energy transformation in the...