Accused of illegally converting protected forests for an oil palm plantation, controversial Indonesian palm oil company, Kalista Alam, is believed to have paid 150 palm oil workers to protest before the court. Read more below about this common intimidation practice of paid protestors. Read more on Mongabay Learn...
Eight Penan men have been arrested while protesting the construction of the Murum Dam in Sarawak. While their blockade has been dismantled, 100 community members remain at the site and will continue the blockade against the dam’s construction. Read more from AFP Join the conversation on Facebook Kuala Lumpur —...
Human rights groups in Borneo have been prevented by police from delivering food to protestors at the Murum Dam blockade. The police have barricaded the road leading to the Penan blockade, and involved NGOs are concerned that the protesting Penan will run out of food. Read more from The Star...
PRESS STATEMENT For Immediate Release 3 November 2013 8 villagers from Suai arrested and assaulted by Police for allegedly stealing oil palm from an estate company which is encroaching into the villagers’ NCR lands MIRI – A police contingent from Batu Niah, Miri and Kuching consisting of the General Operations...
Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry may issue a road building permit to a coal mining company that would cut through part of a rainforest restoration project. Hutan Harapan, or the Forest of Hope, is one of Sumatra’s last lowland rainforests, and is also home to 200 indigenous families who would be...
A new report from Friends of the Earth International has determined that the ‘sustainable’ tropical timber trade, particularly in Malaysia, is not actually sustainable at all. The report suggests that the trade could become more sustainable with changes in policy by timber importers, which would include requirements such as free,...
Save Sarawak’s Rivers Network (SAVE Rivers)Jaringan Selamatkan Sungai-Sungai SarawakSecretariat Office:Lot 1046, 2nd Floor, Shang Garden Shoplots, Jalan Bulan Sabit, 98000 Miri, Sarawak, Malaysia Tel: 085-423044 / Fax: 085-438580 Email: saveriversnet@gmail.comWebsite: savesarawakrivers.com Date: 27th Oct. 2013 Subject: The Baram Dam, Sarawak Malaysia Press Updates on Sunday 27th Oct. 2013 – Anti Baram Dam...
Indigenous protestors in Sarawak are continuing a blockade started last week in protest of the construction of the Baram Dam, one of Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s planned mega dam projects for the region. Another group protesting downstream has been able to prevent Sarawak Energy workers from accessing the road to...
In a recent report, Greenpeace has accused palm oil company Wilmar International of destroying the habitat of the Sumatran tiger with its deforestation of tropical forests. Greenpeace also linked companies such as Oreo and Gillette to rainforest destruction, calling on consumers to develop a greater awareness of product origins. Read...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 24, 2013 (BARAM RIVER / MALAYSIA) Two road blockades have been erected to prevent the construction of the 1,200 MW Baram Dam. One blockade has been erected near Long Lama, on the shores of the Baram River, with a second blockade near the proposed dam site....
