Communities in Malaysian Borneo are embracing micro-hydro as mega-dams leave them energy poor. In a plush suburban Berkeley home, newly appointed Malaysian Senator Banie Lasimbang hands around a pelton wheel bucket made from old aluminium beer cans, which are in no short supply in his home state of Sabah. These...
This press release is shared from SAVE Rivers, a local advocacy nonprofit working to protect the rivers of Sarawak. Find out more here: save rivers.org Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal, recent statement saying that “Sarawak is reaping the benefit” from the controversial Bakun dam is a lopsided remark. This remark could...
May 21, 2019 Jamie DimonChair and CEO JPMorgan Chase & Co. 270 Park Ave.New York, NY 10017 To Mr. Dimon: JPMorgan Chase is the world’s leading banker of climate change, by a huge margin. The undersigned 300 organizations, representing over thirty million supporters from around the world, call on your...
Where: Miri and Ulu Baram, Sarawak, MalaysiaReports to: Director, The Borneo Project The Borneo Project works from the ground up to protect the indigenous livelihoods and forests of Sarawak through strategic support, capacity building, media outreach, and networking. We support projects that are initiated and led by local communities and...
While humans have “significantly altered” environments, these trends have been less severe or avoided altogether in areas held or managed by Indigenous peoples. Originally published by Mike Ludwig, in Truthout May 7, 2019 The United Nations released a dire assessment of humanity’s impact on the world’s ecosystems and natural resources this...
Leaseholder connected to Malaysia’s Double Dynasty group harvested timber worth over USD 10 million without license The Mulu Land Grab – Download Report The Mulu Land Grab – Download Exhibits For campaign updates: www.savemulu.org As a Sarawak indigenous delegation is travelling to Brussels to lobby EU officials, a new...
Here is your monthly dose of all things Borneo Project:Mulu Updates An area of 4400 hectares in the immediate vicinity of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Mulu National Park was under threat of being converted into palm oil monocultures during February and early March. Although logging has stopped for now, we need to...
Malaysia has the opportunity to position itself as Southeast Asia’s clean energy and renewable industries leader. This article was originally published at Mongabay A silver lining of global warming is that it is forcing every nation to rethink its future, to open its mind to new possibilities. The latest IPCC...
There’s no need to continue accepting tragic trade-offs between healthy rivers and low-cost, reliable, and renewable electricity. This article was originally posted at Mongabay. In October, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released a report outlining strategies the world can pursue to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius and maintain...
What hope for Malaysia we saw at the Clean Energy Collaboration conference in Kuching. Everyone from ministers, Sarawak state authorities, NGOs and community leaders all met together to find an affordable and an environmentally and socially sustainable pathway for Malaysia to transform its energy system, and electrify its rural areas. ...
