This coming Saturday, a 24-hour environmental protest is planned on the outskirts of the coastal Malaysian town of Kuantan to protest the rare earth refinery being built by the Australian mining company Lynas. Momentum for the environmental movement in Malaysia is building as thousands of local residents, environmental groups, and...
At the Rio+20 global summit, indigenous peoples from all over the world have come to present solutions for sustainable development, flag serious risks associated with government ‘green’ proposals, and highlight how indigenous peoples’ traditional knowledge and practices contribute to sustaining the world’s most fragile ecosystems. Read here about how traditional...
Last Thursday, about 150 members from the Kayan, Kenyah, and Penan community gathered for an hour-long prayer session to stop the proposed Baram dam project. Community members said that the people asked for strength and courage to continue fighting the project. Read more below! For more information on dams in...
The statement that tropical dams provide clean energy is a myth. A recently published report in Nature Climate Change warns that dams in the tropics emit a much great amount of greenhouse gas emissions than their temperate counterparts. The main sources of emissions come from the release of carbon from...
Jettie Word, Executive Director of The Borneo Project, talks about the current threats that Borneo faces including deforestation, spreading palm oil plantations, and threats to indigenous communities. Tune into Sierra Club Radio! Listen here. For more information on the current threats in Borneo, please visit: https://borneoproject.org/borneo/overview-of-current-threats. http://sierraclub.typepad.com/sierra_club_radio/ Sierra Club Radio:...
The Director of the Borneo Project, Jettie Word, speaks to the importance of protecting Borneo’s rivers and the communities that live on their banks from twelve massive and destructive proposed dam projects. Read more about how the Borneo Project is supporting indigenous communities who are directly impacted by environmental destruction....
About 40 people from Baram pressured their community leaders to resign if they failed to listen to the voices of that oppose the proposed Baram Dam project. The action came after Orang Ulu community leader Temenggong Pahang Ding, Forum’s President Gerawat Gala and Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri...
Researchers, Dr Wayne Maddison and Edyta Piassak, have identified 175 species of jumping spiders in Borneo and believe there to be more. Jumping spiders, which are members of the Salticidae family, are visual hunters and can see in a complete circle. Read more below about how the species (and their...
A carnivorous pitcher plant, Nepenthes bicalcarata, found in the nutrient-poor peat swamp forests of Borneo and a species of ant, Camponotus schmitzi, share a symbiotic relationship, researchers say. The carnivorous plant serves as a shelter and food source for the ant colony, while the ant provides a fluid to help catch prey,...
Data collected from stalagmites in caves in Borneo show a detailed picture of changes in tropical precipitation going back 570,000 years. Collected by an international research team, headed by ETH Zurich, the data is the oldest existing data on climate change. Read more about how climate change data can shed...
