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Support for Marudi Indigenous communities affected by forest carbon project

February 25, 2025
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Community members hold a sign that says "kami tolak projek karbon masuk dalam wilayah ncr kami"

This joint statement was originally published by Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and SAVE Rivers. Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) and SAVE Rivers, express their solidarity with the indigenous communities from Logan Entasan, Lobang Kompeni and Sungai Brit who are affected by the Marudi Forest Conservation and Restoration Project.  The two organisations thoroughly support the communities’ rejection of this...

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Indigenous Baram communities celebrate timber company’s withdrawal from their lands

February 20, 2025
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a group of community members gathers around the MTCC and PEFC delegation

Indigenous communities in Sarawak win a landmark victory as the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) and international timber certifier visit Sarawak to inspect timber operations. [SARAWAK / MALAYSIA] – In a major victory for Indigenous communities defending their customary lands, Samling has withdrawn several of its timber concessions from the...

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Why Community Mapping Matters in Sarawak

February 10, 2025
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A guide to understanding its role in strengthening Indigenous land rights Maps are part of the background of our lives, tools we use to get from Point A to Point B – navigating our neighborhoods, commutes, and shared spaces. Maps are so deeply ingrained in our lives that we rarely...

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Our Opinion: Carbon Offsets and Carbon Credits

November 12, 2024
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misty rainforest aerial view

Many people ask us about carbon offsets and carbon credits. In theory, they seem like a promising solution for addressing climate change while protecting forests. But in practice, their implementation is often inconsistent and complicated. Where we work in Sarawak, carbon offset projects are just starting to emerge, and we’re...

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International flagship project sunk by Sarawak forestry agency

October 15, 2024
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Lack of transparency and breakdown in communication cause cancellation of International Tropical Timber Organization’s (ITTO) showcase operation in Malaysian Borneo (MIRI / SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) International donors were stunned last Thursday when, minutes prior to the start of a project meeting in Miri, Malaysia, they learned that the Forest Department...

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EU: Address Indigenous Rights Violations in Malaysian Imports

September 24, 2024
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Ladies listening Long Tungan

Designate Sarawak as ‘High Risk’ Under New Anti-Deforestation Law The European Union should classify Malaysia’s state of Sarawak as high risk under its new anti-deforestation regulation, a coalition of environmental, human rights, and Indigenous organizations said today. Sarawak, whose millions of hectares of ancient rainforests are at risk of being razed...

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BFM: Keeping the Baram Peace Park Intact

September 12, 2024
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In an interview with Juliet Jacobs of BFM Radio, Malaysia’s only independent radio station, our friend and partner Celine Lim talks about the ongoing struggle to save the Baram Peace Park. Celine is Managing Director of Sarawak-based Indigenous rights NGO SAVE Rivers, which upports and empowers Indigenous communities to protect...

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NGOs to Anwar: fix Malaysia’s broken timber certification system

September 10, 2024
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MTCS zone inside the Lana plantation

In a letter to Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, NGOs call for urgent reforms of and propose solutions to the broken Malaysian Timber Certification Scheme (MTCS) (KUALA LUMPUR / MALAYSIA) Today, civil society groups called on Malaysia’s Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, to undertake long-overdue reforms of the Malaysian Timber Certification...

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Latest satellite analysis debunks “no massive logging” claim

August 23, 2024
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Satellite analysis reveals logging road expansion nearing core protection zone of government backed project in the Baram River Basin (BARAM / SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) New satellite imagery shows major logging road expansion in the northwestern area of the Upper Baram Forest Area (UBFA), a conservation project in northern Sarawak supported...

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