Congratulations to new Senator Adrian Banie Lasimbang!
The Borneo Project has been informed that on Monday 27th August, Adrian Banie Lasimbang will be sworn in as a new member of the Malaysian Senate....
Category: Updates
Stop the Papar Dam!
In Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, a controversial dam project that was shelved in 2015 has been resurrected by the newly elected Chief Minister Shafie Apdal despite campaign promises condemning the project. The affected communities who have mobilized against the proposal accuse Shafie’s Parti Warisan Sabah of breaking election promises. Diana Sipail...
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
“On this annual observance, let us commit to fully realizing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including the rights to self-determination and to traditional lands, territories and resources.” — UN Secretary-General António Guterres Note: this article is reposted from un.org There are an estimated 370 million indigenous...
July Updates
Battle for NCR Land Rights in Sarawak Continues On July 5th hundreds of protestors and over 20 native social rights groupsgathered in Miri to express their opposition to a proposed amendment that would significantly dilute indigenous land rights. Following the rally, an amendment was passed that limits the Native Customary Rights (NCR) domain to 1,000...
Penan demand acknowledgement of their nomadic livelihood
The Penan speak out against their discrimination as hunters and gatherers: the law should not only acknowledge rights to farmland but also to forest. (MIRI / SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) The Penan from Malaysian Borneo are turning to their government requesting the acknowledgement of their right to land, on which they...
The Borneo Wire Mid 2018
Here is our mid-year wrap up of 2018 Borneo Project news. INDIGENOUS-LED CONSERVATION Our work to promote indigenous-led conservation in Sarawak continues through consultations, workshops, and facilitating meetings with the government. We’re advocating for a socio-ecological study that trains local people to collect data for wide-reaching surveys. In the Amazon,...
A Letter from our Executive Director, June 2018
Dear Friends of The Borneo Project, To a Western audience, the word “Borneo” has historically conjured images of misty rainforest, densely packed with bird calls, buzzing insects, and maybe a primate or two swinging in the trees. Sadly, these days it more often summons images of palm oil plantations, orphaned...
Indigenous led conservation is our climate change silver bullet
A new indigenous-led study combines book knowledge with bush knowledge, and will have benefits far beyond the rainforests of Borneo. Sandwiched between the Indonesian border to the east, Mount Murud to the north and the Pulong Tau National Park to the west, the Kelabit Highland town of Bario is the...
Bruno Manser Fund calls for investigation of CMS takeover by the Taib family
Sarawak Governor’s family accused of fraudulent takeover of state’s largest infrastructure company – Bursa Malaysia suspends trade with CMS shares for second day KUCHING, SARAWAK / MALAYSIA. The Swiss NGO, the Bruno Manser Fund, is calling for an official investigation by the new Malaysian Government of the takeover of Cahya...
Bruno Manser Fund willing to cooperate with new Malaysian government on Taib corruption
Swiss NGO replies to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s call to show the evidence on the Sarawak Governor’s corrupt practices – Malaysian prosecutors left earlier NGO letter on Taib family unanswered The Bruno Manser Fund is willing to share with the new Malaysian government the results of a seven-year evidence-gathering process...