STOP THE CHOP: BARAM COMMUNITIES CALL FOR AN END TO CERTIFICATION OF CONFLICT TIMBER
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Global Buyers Should Steer Clear Of Samling’s Sham Certificates
Originally published in the Sarawak Report Samling is one of the world’s most notorious timber raiders, protected for decades by the crony State Government of Sarawak. Like the other main Sarawak ‘Big Six’ logging and plantation concerns this company’s lawless, destructive and greedy exploits are responsible for ruining the lives...
Indigenous Lives Matter: The forest defenders fighting to save Borneo
A wild boar hightails it into the forest as we approach the village of Long Tungan in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. In the driver’s seat of our Hilux, Erang says that if his gun had been within reach he could have given the beastie a run for its money. Erang is...
Baram communities demand consultation in logging firm’s certification
Save Rivers says the MCO enabled Samling Plywood (Miri) Sdn Bhd to avoid consulting communities in a bid to start logging activities. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 23, 2020. Originally published in The Malaysian Insight by Desmond Davidson AFFECTED rural communities in Sarawak’s Baram region are crying foul...
3 reasons deforestation in Borneo could cause the next global pandemic
Also published in Malay...
Isolating the resistance: how coronavirus leaves indigenous rights in Borneo at risk
Also published in Earth Island Journal Also published in The Malaysian...
