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 region, and communities around Malaysia are already leading...
Adrian Lasimbang says it is time for the authorities to look into a plan for renewable energy and sustainable development. Originally published in Free Malaysia Today by Larissa Lumandan KUCHING: Senator Adrian Lasimbang has urged the Sabah and Sarawak governments to explore the use of other natural resources instead of focusing...
Baru Bian today reaffirmed today his commitment to come up with ‘clean energy’ policies in developing rural Sabah and Sarawak. ― Picture by Mukhriz Hazim Originally published in Malay Mail by Sulok Tawie KUCHING, March 16 — Baru Bian today reaffirmed today his commitment to come up with “clean energy”...
However, its village head says they face many problems, including that of a timber firm eating into their land and having to walk 100km to a clinic or school. Originally published in Free Malaysia Today by Larissa Lumandan KUCHING: The Long Lawen community has no regrets about refusing to relocate to...
Willy Kajan (left) with Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) director Lukas Straumann (centre) and other Orang Asli leaders at a conference in Kuching today. Logging activities still going on despite instructions to cease operations, says an activist. Originally published in Free Malaysia Today by Larissa Lumandan KUCHING: An Orang Asli activist has...
In a two day event people from a myriad of backgrounds are meeting in Kuching to discuss creating renewable energy pathways for Sarawak and Malaysia. Save Rivers and other local Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) are holding the conference in order to push the agenda of renewable energy at a state...
A US State Department science envoy says it would be a tragedy if the renewable energy revolution arrives too late to save the world’s rivers and the communities that depend on them. – AFP pic, March 7, 2019. Originally published in The Malaysian Insight HYDROELECTRIC dams are not the answer...
Berawan communities lodge police report over destruction of gravesites – International petition to safeguard the Mulu forest already signed by 16,000 people Malaysian oil palm company Radiant Lagoon continues to log the Mulu forest despite protests by local communities and international outrage over the destruction of the Gunung Mulu World...
Teresa Kok, Malaysia’s Minister of Primary Industries, is “very concerned“ about the current expansion of oil palm plantations on indigenous lands near the UNESCO-protected Mulu National Park. Ms. Kok stated on Tuesday that she had already contacted the Deputy Chief Minister of Sarawak “on the Mulu natives issue“ and promised...
Tropical rainforests in the immediate vicinity of the Mulu National Park, the only UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, are threatened by a major oil palm plantation. Malaysian company Radiant Lagoon Sdn Bhd is currently logging the area against the will of nearby indigenous communities. (Bateu...
