North Sumatra villagers demand farmers be released, customary land be returned, after 16 arrested in conflict with TPL, a plantation company affiliated with APRIL. Read more below. Read more from Mongabay Read more about Borneo Forest and Climate Policy Protesting community members. Photo by Sapariah Saturi Dozens of villagers from...
The Bruno Manser Fund has reported on developments in the Baram region of Sarawak, East Malaysia. Desperate Penan communities in Long Seridan have set up a blockade against the construction works of the Petronas Gas Pipe Line project, which has been encroaching into their water catchment area at Long Ludin and Long...
Mongabay.com is partnering with the Skoll Foundation ahead of the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship to bring a series of perspectives that aim to answer the question: How do we feed the world and still address the drivers of deforestation? Read more below. Read more from Mongabay Read more about...
In an unusually bold statement catalyzed by the deaths of 14 rare elephants, six Malaysian NGOs recently called on the Sabah state government to pursue “a more conservation focused agenda” in managing the state’s forests. Read more below. Read more from Mongabay Read more about Borneo Forest and Climate Policy...
APRIL, the Indonesian paper and pulp giant, continues to disregard indigenous community rights for the sake of profit and unrelenting palm oil plantation development. Read more below. Read more from redd-monitor.org Read more about Borneo Forest and Climate Policy ********** Once again, an Indonesian pulp and paper company is clearing...
Poaching and deforestation in protected and restricted areas remains a significant concern and challenge across the globe. Read more below on the theory that scientist and researcher presence could help deter this behavior, or not, as well as the fact that some of the best protected forests in the Amazon basin...
At the Borneo Project, we believe that the first step to just conservation efforts is to help communities gain legal rights to their land. The second step is to help them conserve it. One of the fundamental ways we approach this viewpoint is to support on-the-ground efforts that make land...
Australian groups come under fire over misguided trade mission to Japan. Read more below from the Bruno Manser Fund. Read more about forest and climate policy in Borneo (TOKYO, JAPAN / HOBART, AUSTRALIA) Australia’s Wilderness Society and the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) have come under fire over a clumsy move...
Our Communications and Development intern, Allison Hanes, recently interviewed our founder Joe Lamb in preparation for the Wildlife Conservation Film Festival (WCFF) in this exclusive interview posted by Mongabay. Read more below to learn about the Borneo Project’s history, mission and vision for rainforest conservation and indigenous rights. The...
The International Hydropower Association (IHA), an industry group that claims to advocate the sustainable use of hydropower, has been urged to cancel its annual conference planned to be held in Kuching, Malaysia, in May 2013. The conference is hosted by Sarawak Energy, a public company controlled by Abdul Taib Mahmud,...
