Indigenous communities lodge official complaint against Malaysian timber giant Samling
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How indigenous communities can save forests – and the human species
We need regenerative livelihoods that build resilience in communities. This article originally ran in Aliran. It has been republished with permission from the author. Indigenous people’s struggles often make the news, but beyond outrage and bitterness, few people are aware of the challenges they face nor how organisations on the...
300 Long Moh villagers demand justice after unpermitted logging on their land
Originally published in Aliran Last month, the community of Long Moh submitted a letter to Samling demanding compensation for unpermitted logging on their land. Dated 8 November, the letter was signed by 300 community members and is the second plea made by the community to Samling, after an initial letter...
300 Long Moh villagers demand justice after unpermitted logging on their land
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...
Samling continues to log important conservation zone despite community opposition
The timber company Samling has been encroaching into the area earmarked for the conservation zone of the Upper Baram Forest Area (also known as Baram Peace Park) in Northern Sarawak. Assistant Headman Suya Ara of Long Ajeng, one of the Penan communities currently affected, is alarmed and sending an alert...
Timber organization’s backing ‘one step’ toward ‘peace park’ in Borneo
Originally published in Mongabay by John Cannon An intergovernmental organization representing countries that produce the bulk of the world’s timber has thrown its support behind a decade-long effort to protect the last remaining primary forest in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. In its November 2020 meeting, the International Tropical Timber...
2020 Letter from our Executive Director
Dear Friends of The Borneo Project, The links between racism, extraction, and climate injustice run deep. The fight to prevent catastrophic climate change is a fight about humans rights and racial justice. This is how we have always operated at The Borneo Project – by securing Indigenous rights in order...
