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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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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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NGOs push EU to label Sarawak as ‘high risk’ source of timber, palm oil

October 9, 2024
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Deforestation for oil palm plantation in Sarawak. Image by Rhett A. Butler/Mongabay.

Originally published on Mongabay, 9 October 2024, by Danielle Keeton-Olsen A coalition of Indigenous and human rights groups are hoping new European Union trade regulations could help pressure timber and oil palm industries in Malaysia’s Sarawak state into respecting Indigenous land rights and implementing better land-use consent practices. The international...

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EU urged to designate Sarawak as ‘high risk‘ under anti-deforestation law

September 24, 2024
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Logging companies often illegally cut roads into forests on indigenous land (© Rettet den Regenwald / Mathias Rittgerott

A coalition of environmental and Indigenous groups has called on the EU to designate Sarawak as high risk under its anti-deforestation law. Sarawak’s extensive deforestation and Indigenous rights violations pose serious risks, prompting calls for stricter EU import checks on timber and palm oil products from the region. Originally published...

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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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EU Must Classify Sarawak Timber As “High Risk” Under New Rules Says Joint NGO Report

September 23, 2024
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Map of timber and plantation concessions in Sarawak

Originally published in Sarawak Report The NGO Human Right Watch has, in collaboration with other international organisations, today issued a devastating report on Sarawak’s timber industry as it urges the European Union to categorise all Sarawak products as “High Risk” in advance of new laws to counter deforestation. The critique follows on...

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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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How does dirty timber from Sarawak get to the USA?

February 26, 2024
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Many consumers want to make responsible choices when it comes to their purchases, but sometimes it’s hard to know what the safer, more ethical choice is. Certification schemes are a tool that many people (understandably) use to help them make those choices. Unfortunately, the credibility of these schemes is not...

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6 things you need to know about our latest report

November 21, 2023
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Our new report is titled “Lost in Certification: How forest certification greenwashes Samling’s dirty timber and fools the international market”. It is a comprehensive analysis of the most recent land conflicts in the Baram region of Sarawak. It looks at the most shocking community claims against logging company Samling and...

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