In the media

Stop the Chop

• Sarawak NGOs demand an end to timber greenwashing in UK, Dayak Daily https://dayakdaily.com/sarawak-indigenous-ngos-demand-an-end-to-timber-greenwashing-in-uk/
• Stop M’sian sustainable timber import, Malaysiakini https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/652876
• Long Moh villagers demand justice after unpermitted logging on their land, Aliran: https://aliran.com/civil-society-voices/300-long-moh-villagers-demand-justice-after-unpermitted-logging-on-their-land/ 
• Sarawak dayak communities lodge complaint against timber loggers over lack of consultation, Malay Mail https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2021/05/20/sarawak-dayak-communities-lodge-complaint-against-timber-loggers-over-lack/1975573
• Indigenous communities lodge complaint against timber company, Dayak Daily https://dayakdaily.com/indigenous-communities-lodge-complaint-against-timber-companys-flawed-certification-on-logging-operations/ 
• NGOs: complaints lodged over certification of two logging concessions, Borneo Post https://www.theborneopost.com/2021/05/21/ngos-complaints-lodged-over-certification-of-two-logging-concessions/
• Rural Sarawak communities lodge complaint against logging firm, Malaysiakini: https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/575348 
• Stop the Chop campaign gains traction, Orangutan.com: https://www.orangutan.com/stopthechop/ 
• Samling denies wrongdoing over Sarawak logging concessions, Malaysiakini https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/577509 
• Certification body launches dispute resolution process between timber giant Samling and indigenous Sarawak communities, Scoop NZ https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO2106/S00133/certification-body-launches-dispute-resolution-process-between-timber-giant-samling-sarawak-indigenous-communities.htm 
• Malaysian council opens hearing into claims of timber certification flaws, Mongabay https://news.mongabay.com/2021/06/malaysian-council-opens-hearing-into-claims-of-timber-certification-flaws/  
• Malaysian Indigenous communities hopeful on logging dispute, Al Jazeera https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/7/6/malaysia-borneo-timber-mediation 
• Penan set up Long Ajeng blockade to stop alleged encroachment by timber company, Dayak Daily https://dayakdaily.com/penan-set-up-long-ajeng-blockade-to-stop-alleged-encroachment-by-timber-company/ 
• Penan community blocks timber company’s entry into disputed forest area, Malaysiakini https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/591231 
• Indigenous Penan block logging on their ancestral lands, Environmental news Service https://ens-newswire.com/indigenous-penan-block-logging-on-their-ancestral-lands/ 
• Borneo Penan nomals in final stand-off with loggers in Malaysia, The Times https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/borneo-penan-nomads-in-final-stand-off-with-loggers-in-malaysia-w5bsj2wnd 
• Penan communities set up second blockade to stop logging company from entering forest, Dayak Daily https://dayakdaily.com/penan-communities-set-up-second-blockade-to-stop-logging-company-from-entering-forest/ 
• Penan communities set up blockade in bid to stop logging activities, Malaysikini https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/594553 
• Samling denies stand-off with Penan, Malaysiakini https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/595156 
• Timber firm keeps millions offshore, as Penan mount blockades to save forest, Malaysiakini https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/600154 
• Indigenous communities launch signature campaign against logging in Baram, Malaysiakini https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/601060 
• Penan refute timber firm’s denial of logging in Long Pakan, The Malaysian Insight https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/373542 
• Sarawak NGOs to tour Europre to advance anti-logging efforts, The Vibes https://www.thevibes.com/articles/news/60121/sarawak-ngos-to-tour-europe-to-advance-anti-logging-efforts 
• SAVE Rivers comes to Zurich to highlight the global SLAPP suit crisis, Sarawak Report https://www.sarawakreport.org/2022/05/save-rivers-comes-to-zurich-to-highlight-the-global-slapp-suit-crisis/ 
• Dutch government likely to review M’sian timber scheme, Malaysiakini https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/621101 
• Taking on big timber, Earth Island Journal https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/borneo-logging-deforestation 
• Penan stop loggers in culturally sensitive conservation area, Environmental News Service https://ens-newswire.com/penan-stop-loggers-in-culturally-sensitive-conservation-area/ 
• Penan stopped Samling from logging conservation area, Malaysiakini https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/629622 
• FSC called on to withdraw Sarawak timber giant Samling’s licence, Timberbiz Australia https://www.timberbiz.com.au/fsc-called-to-withdraw-sarawak-timber-giant-samlings-licence/ 
• Civil society organisations call on FSC to drop Samling Group, FSC Watch https://fsc-watch.com/2022/10/17/civil-society-organisations-call-on-fsc-to-drop-samling-group/ 

Stop the SLAPP

• Threat of legal action against Indigenous Borneans protesting timber company, Mongabay news.mongabay.com/2021/06/threat-of-legal-action-against-indigenous-borneans-protesting-timber-company/  
• Communities threatened with legal action by timber giant as flooding devastates Sarawak, Eco-Business Asia www.eco-business.com/opinion/indigenous-communities-threatened-with-legal-action-by-timber-giant-as-flooding-devastates-sarawak/
• International NGOs express concern over legal threats against Sarawak villagers, Malaysiakini https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/577294 
• Groups condemn legal threats against indigenous communities by logging giant, Dayak Daily dayakdaily.com/groups-condemn-legal-threats-against-indigenous-communities-by-logging-giant-as-floods-devastate-northern-sarawak/  
• Shame on Samling for the ultimate SLAPP suit, Sarawak Report sarawakreport.org/2021/06/shame-on-samling-for-the-ultimate-slapp-suit-warning
• Malaysian timber company Samling accused of flawed environmental certification, legal threats against forest defenders, Business and Human Rights Centre business-humanrights.org/en/latest-news/malaysia-timber-company-samling-accused-of-flawed-environmental-certification-legal-threats-against-borneans-forest-defenders-incl-co-response/ 
• Two timber firms suing NGO Save Rivers for defamation, Malaysiakini https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/586467 
• Sarawak groups urge logging company to drop suit against NGO, Free Malaysia Today freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/08/09/sarawak-groups-urge-logging-company-to-drop-suit-against-ngo/  
• Sarawak urged to withdraw RM5M defamation suit against environmental group, The Edge Markets theedgemarkets.com/article/samling-urged-withdraw-rm5m-defamation-suit-against-environmental-group 
• Samling defends defamation suit against environmental group Save Rivers, The Edge Markets theedgemarkets.com/article/samling-defends-defamation-suit-against-environmental-group-save-rivers  
• Call to drop defamation suit against Save Rivers, ICCA Consortium iccaconsortium.org/index.php/2021/08/30/call-to-drop-defamation-suit-against-save-rivers/ 
• Over 100 groups demand firm withdraw suit against SAVE Rivers, Malaysiakini https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/589197 
• SLAPP suit against Sarawakian NGO SAVE Rivers by PEFC-certified logging company, ICCA Consortium https://www.iccaconsortium.org/index.php/2022/03/24/slapp-suit-against-sarawakian-ngo-save-rivers-pefc-certified-logging-company/ 
• Company tries to SLAPP away Malaysian forest advocates, Southeast Asia Globe https://southeastasiaglobe.com/company-tries-to-slapp-away-malaysian-forest-advocates/ 

Baram Heritage Survey

• Sarawak communities gather data to challenge claims made by logging company, Eco-Business Asia eco-business.com/opinion/sarawak-communities-gather-data-to-challenge-claims-made-by-logging-company/  
• Survey captures Borneo ecosystems and Indigenous lives around them, Mongabay news.mongabay.com/2022/10/survey-captures-bornean-ecosystems-and-indigenous-lives-around-them/ 
• Intergenerational Ecological Knowledge, BFM Earth Matters https://www.bfm.my/podcast/bigger-picture/earth-matters/intergenerational-ecological-knowledge-the-baram-heritage-survey 
• Fruitful Baram Heritage Survey can lure more research, conservation, Borneo Post https://www.theborneopost.com/2022/09/28/fruitful-baram-heritage-survey-can-lure-more-research-conservation/ 

Baram Peace Park

• Timber organization backing one step towards peace park in Borneo, Mongabay https://news.mongabay.com/2021/01/timber-organizations-backing-one-step-toward-peace-park-in-borneo/
• Timber organisations backs peace park in Borneo, Eco-Business Asia https://www.eco-business.com/news/timber-organisation-backs-peace-park-in-borneo/

The Borneo Project Press

• Indigenous people in Borneo seek to save their forests Sustainability Times November 2020

• Malaysia’s indigenous people question timber sustainability Al Jazeera October 2020

• Logging concession in Malaysian Borneo lacks consent of Indigenous communities Mongabay July 13th 2020

• Amid Pandemic, Malaysia Grants Timber Giant Logging Permit on Indigenous Land in Borneo Earth Island Journal July 2020

• Indigenous lives matter: Reflections from an encounter with Borneo’s forest defenders Eco-Business Asia June 2020

• Baram communities demand consultation in logging firm’s certification The Malaysian Insight June 2020

• Global Buyers Should Steer Clear of Samling’s Sham Certificates Sarawak Report June 2020

• “Three reasons deforestation in Borneo could cause the next global pandemic”MalayMail April 2020

• “Coronavirus leaves indigenous rights in Borneo at risk” Earth Island Journal April 2020

• “Pandemic leaves indigenous rights at risk” The Malaysian Insight April 2020

• “Here’s how we can prevent Borneo’s forest fires from happening again” Earth Island Journal September 2019

• “Ways to prevent Borneo’s forest fires from happening again” Intercontinental Cry September 2019

• “Resolving energy poverty in Sarawak” Intercontinental Cry July 2019

• “Tackling Energy Poverty in Sarawak” Earth Island Journal July 2019

• “O&G a sunset industry” FMT News March 2019

• “Works Minister says no to cutting rainforests for development” MalayMail March 2019

• “Involving all stakeholders is the way forward for development projects” The Star MY March 2019

• “Long Lawen folk don’t regret refusing to move to Bakun resettlement site” FMT News March 2019

• “Clean Energy Collaboration agrees on way forward for energy in Sarawak” SAVE Rivers March 2019

• “Dam projects steal from Malaysians, says US science envoy” The Malaysian Insight, March 2019

• “Sarawak govt under pressure to stop oil palm project” FMT News March 2019

• “How Many Dam Bursts Are Too Many?” Earth Island Journal August 2018

• “Malaysia’s Palm Oil Expansion Ban” Earth Island Journal July 2018

• “Indigenous led conservation could be climate change silver bullet” Earth Island Journal July 2018

• “Megadams are so last year” Earth Island Journal March 2018

• “Sarawak is worth saving from timber tycoons” December 2017

• “Things that made me mad on my first trip to Sarawak” Malaysiakini September 2017

• “Saving Borneo” Slowear Journal September 2017

• “No rest for Sarawak’s indigenous rights warriors” Eureka Street March 2017

• “New Film Showcases Logical Alternatives to Destructive Mega Dams in Borneo“, Earth Island Journal, March, 2016

• “Anti-Dam Activists Gather in Sarawak State to Celebrate Second Anniversary of Baram Dam Blockades”, Earth Island Journal, November, 2015

• “US Radio Station Exposes Taib Assets Ahead of Money Logging North American Tour”, Bruno Manser Fonds / KPFA Radio, November, 2014

• Borneo’s Killer Dams, Green Social Thought: A Magazine of Synthesis and Regeneration No. 66 Winter 2015, November, 2014

• “Sarawak Mega-dams, You Bet Your Life”, International Rivers, July, 2014

• “Borneo mega-dams threaten indigenous ‘ethnocide’”, Ecologist, June, 2014

• “Borneo Mega-Dams Threaten Indigenous “Ethnocide”, Cultural Survival Quarterly, July, 2014

• “Borneo’s Killer Dams”, CounterPunch, July, 2014

• “Rumble in the Jungle”, Earth Island Journal, Winter 2013

• “Indigenous Communities Take Charge with Dam Blockades in Borneo”, International Rivers, December, 2013

• “27 International NGOs Cite Urgent Human Rights Violations at Murum Dam”, Truthout, November, 2013

• “Activism & Deforestation”, Hot in Here Radio, November, 2013

• “How Development is Threatening Human Rights in Borneo”, October, 2013

• “Fight Against Malaysian Dam Heats Up”, Earth Island Journal, October, 2013

• Island Wire, “Penan Villagers Block Dam Site”, October, 2013

• “Borneo’s Indigenous Tribes Fight Plans for Dams”, Here & Now, NPR, October, 2013

• “As Impoundment Begins, 100 Indigenous Penan Blockade Destructive Dam in Borneo” September, 2013

• “Indigenous Activists Escalate Campaigns Against Dams in Borneo”, SpeakOut, Truthout, June 17, 2013

• “Indigenous Activists Escalate Campaigns Against Dams in Borneo”, Earth Island Journal, May 30th, 2013

• “Meet the Rainforest-Dwelling Malaysian Farmers Fighting to Keep their Land above Water”, YES! Magazine, May 24th, 2013

• “Defending Rivers and the Communities that Rely on Them”, Earth Island Journal, Summer, 2012

• “Don’t Ignore REDD’s Impact on Communities”, Borneo Orangutan Survival Australia, Fall 2011

• “REDD and Community Engagement”, NO REDD,  published by Carbon Trade Watch, 2010-2012

• Sierra Club Radio Interview, Producer: Orly Cotel 2012

A Battle is Under Way in Borneo, NPR August 2011