Community signature campaign condemns selective consultations and requests a stop work order for timber giant Samling in Sarawak’s interior (BARAM / SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) Indigenous communities of the Baram River Basin have launched a signature campaign against the misleading sustainability certification of logging activities on their ancestral land. Last week...
Civil society organisations argue MTCC dispute resolution process is faulty, standards not met for Gerenai Forest Management Unit under timber giant Samling(MIRI / SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) A group of organisations lodged an official complaint with the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), the international body based in Switzerland...
Originally published in Malaysiakini Logging company Samling Group denied it is in a standoff with several Penan communities in the Sarawak Middle Baram region who erected blockades protesting alleged encroachment into their native customary rights (NCR) land. Contrary to media reports quoting NGO Bruno Manser Fonds (BMF), Samling said it...
Last month, the community of Long Moh submitted a letter to Samling demanding compensation for unpermitted logging on their land. Dated November 8th, the letter was signed by 300 community members and is the second plea made by the community to Samling, after an initial letter sent in September received...
Willy Kajan (left) with Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) director Lukas Straumann (centre) and other Orang Asli leaders at a conference in Kuching today. Logging activities still going on despite instructions to cease operations, says an activist. Originally published in Free Malaysia Today by Larissa Lumandan KUCHING: An Orang Asli activist has...
Over 140,000 signatures delivered to Japanese Embassies around the world demanding no rainforest destruction or human rights abuses – Banner protests in Sarawak, Malaysia and at Tokyo’s new Olympic Stadium site (TOKYO / JAPAN & BERN / SWITZERLAND & BERLIN / GERMANY & MIRI / MALAYSIA) This week, activists from...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press statement 4 May 2016 Penan request moratorium on logging to save last remaining islands of primary forest for Upper Baram Park We, the Penan, are a nomadic tribe living in the rainforest of Sarawak, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo. Our lives depend very...
Malaysiakini’s article highlights the importance of government respect for indigenous land rights, particularly due to the impact of development on the Earth’s climate. Indigenous peoples in Malaysia have a longstanding history of sustainable land management, as their traditional livelihoods depend on the health of their natural environments. Before implementing laws for sustainable development...
