Upper Baram Communities Demand Zero-Logging on Their Lands

Upper Baram, Sarawak — Penan and Kenyah communities in the Upper Baram region of Sarawak, Malaysia have issued a strong and unified statement opposing any logging activities in their ancestral lands. “We call on the Sarawak Government to adopt a zero-logging policy immediately”, emphasizes Roland Engan, Indigenous peoples rights lawyer....

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The Borneo Wire Mid 2018

Here is our mid-year wrap up of 2018 Borneo Project news. INDIGENOUS-LED CONSERVATION Our work to promote indigenous-led conservation in Sarawak continues through consultations, workshops, and facilitating meetings with the government. We’re advocating for a socio-ecological study that trains local people to collect data for wide-reaching surveys. In the Amazon,...

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