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Indigenous Communities in Sarawak Express Outrage at Derogatory Remarks – Potential Influence on General Election

April 5, 2013
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Offensive commets made in a recent video expose on land-selling corruption in Malaysian Borneo has provoked reaction from several indigenous community organizations throughout Sarawak. Their solidarity in opposition to the ruling state government could influence the outcomes of the upcoming General Election in Malaysia.  Written by Simone Adler, Communications and...

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Improving Community Healthcare Helps Protect Rainforests in Borneo

March 14, 2013
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A new study suggests that increased access to high quality healthcare may reduce chronic logging in Indonesian Borneo. Read more below.  Providing high quality healthcare to communities around a rainforest park in Indonesian Borneo may be helping reduce chronic illegal logging, suggests a new assessment published by a conservation group.  The five-year...

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Can Saving Forests Help Feed the World?

March 7, 2013
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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...

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Helping Borneo’s Indigenous People Fight For Their Forests

January 29, 2013
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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...

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Sarawak Report Exclusive: The Plot To Dump Taib

January 23, 2013
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Sarawak Report has received an explosive dossier from sources close to Taib, detailing a powerful conspiracy to depose the Chief Minister at the next PBB Party Convention, due in May. The high-level defectors will maintain a pretence of unity during the coming federal election, expected in March, but have collected...

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Swiss Lawmakers Push for Freeze of Taib Family Assets

January 15, 2013
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(GENEVA/ BERN, SWITZERLAND) Twenty MPs file motion to freeze Malaysian potentate’s assets held by Swiss banks; Attorney General urged to declare the family of Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud a criminal organization. Twenty Swiss MPs have filed a motion in parliament that calls for an immediate freeze of assets held by Swiss...

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Science on the Impacts of Deforestation and the Effects of Climate Change on Forests

January 8, 2013
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Research published in 2012 provided a better understanding of tropical deforestation’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions. Two studies — one published in Science and the other published in Nature Climate Change, concluded that while deforestation now accounts for a lower share of global emissions relative to the late 1990s, it still represents roughly 10...

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