Documents have been released that show that Taib Mahmud’s daughter, Jamilah, and other family members have been exporting hardwood from Sarawak to the United States. Read more below to see just how many people are involved in this corruption. Read more on Sarawak Report. Read more about timber corruption and...
Some people have claimed that planting hectares of new forest would off-set rising CO2 emissions created by burning fossil fuels. However, scientists say this may not be the case. Read more below to find out how reforestation would affect our climate. Read more at Mongabay. Read more about rainforests and...
In the early 2000s, Abdul Rasyid, the founder of the logging company Sawit Sumbermas Sarana, was investigated for kidnapping and assaulting environmental activists. Read more below about how he plans on profiting from another business that depends on destroying Borneo’s natural resources. Read more on Mongabay. Read more about timber corruption...
A recent study showed that forest loss in Indonesia is much higher than reported by the government. Read below to find out how much deforestation Indonesia is actually going through. Read more on REDD Monitor. Read more about forest loss in Borneo then join the discussion on Facebook. A recent...
Groups in Indonesia are petitioning the government to give the management of millions of hectares of forest to indigenous communities. Read more below about their request and their reasoning. Read more on Monga Bay. Read more about indigenous land rights and then join the discussion on Facebook. Forest in Java....
Recent analysis shows that much of the deforestation in the Congo is due to sustainable practices and often missed when using satellite images. Read below to find out how this was discovered and how much forest cover has been lost. Read more at Monga Bay. Read more about deforestation and...
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...
Scientists, in an effort to determine how rainforests respond to increased CO2 in the atmosphere due to climate change, are conducting an experiment in a patch of the Amazon to see how additional carbon impacts the forest. Read more below. Read more from Nature Learn more about Forest and Climate...
The Penan, who have lived in the rainforest of Borneo for centuries, fight a daily battle against the logging companies who want to raze their homes to the ground. Read more below. Read more from Daily Mail UK Learn more about land rights issues in Borneo In the damp, lush...
Practical information is often necessary for communities resorting to the court process (Civil Litigation) to reclaim Native Customary Rights (NCR) Lands. The below guidebook is SACCESS’s first attempt to better inform and prepare Native Customary Rights (NCR) landowners in Sarawak who want to use the Malaysian civil courts to seek declaration...
