Penan challenge logging giant Samling with video message from the ground
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Over 100 organisations and companies demand Malaysian timber giant withdraw SLAPP suit against Sarawak NGO
JOINT PRESS RELEASE Samling Group is suing civil society organisation SAVE Rivers and its directors in a SLAPP suit (MIRI / SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) Today over 100 organisations sent a letter to Malaysian timber giant Samling asking the timber giant to withdraw its legal suit against SAVE Rivers and its...
Malaysia’s Indigenous people question timber sustainability
Originally published in Al Jazeera by Amy Wong Indigenous people from the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo are fighting against plans to cut their forests, saying that while the logging has been certified as “sustainable”, they have not given their consent to the proposals, which could...
3 reasons deforestation in Borneo could cause the next global pandemic
Also published in Malay...
Works minister says no to cutting rainforests for development
Baru Bian today reaffirmed today his commitment to come up with ‘clean energy’ policies in developing rural Sabah and Sarawak. ― Picture by Mukhriz Hazim Originally published in Malay Mail by Sulok Tawie KUCHING, March 16 — Baru Bian today reaffirmed today his commitment to come up with “clean energy”...
Things that made me mad on my first trip to Sarawak
Something smelled fishy, and it wasn’t just the ikan bilis. On my first trip to Sarawak as The Borneo Project’s new communications pixie, I was ready to feast on some bubbling laksa, swim in some crystal clear waterfalls, and take some deep breaths of sweet rainforest air. Don’t get me wrong, I...
Mobilizing Borneo’s Millennial Forest Protectors
In the Malaysian state of Sarawak, indigenous communities have been fighting to protect their rivers and land for generations. We spoke with grassroots leader Caroline Nyurang about how she is working with young people to become Borneo’s future gatekeepers. When Caroline was a little girl, she would sit on the...