Clare Rewcastle Brown, editor of Sarawak Report and Radio Free Sarawak flew into Kuching today only to be escorted to the next flight to Singapore and told that she was banned from entering Sarawak. Read more below about human rights activists banned from entering Malaysia and watch the video with...
Endangered species are, sadly, becoming more and more commonplace as the world’s natural resources continue to rapidly deplete and hunting and trapping for prized animal parts continues to grow, particularly in the Chinese market. Read more below on how these rare animals need increased conservation advocacy and protection if they...
The issue of distinguishing which land is Native Customary Right (NCR) land versus land belonging to the state is highly important to Sarawak’s indigenous land owners. Land Minister Tan Sri Masing urges the opposition to keep land survey issues on its list of concerns for the government to address. Read...
The dams would cost $105 billion, flood an area twice the size of LA, and force the relocation of tens of thousands of indigenous people. Against all the odds, the local forest-dwelling people are coming together and organizing in a way that’s unheard of in this part of the world....
Photo by Cahaya Dalam Kegelapan, on FlickrIndigenous groups in the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo fear displacement from 12 planned dams. Tribes say dams have violated their right to free, prior, and informed consent Originally published on Earth Island Journal by Brihannala Morgan In Malaysia, street...
Originally published on Yes Magazine by James Trimarco The dams would cost $105 billion, flood an area twice the size of LA, and force the relocation of tens of thousands of indigenous people. Against all the odds, the local forest-dwelling people are coming together and organizing in a way that’s...
On May 22nd, 300 indigenous in Sarawak protested at the front gates of the International Hydropower Association’s meeting in Kuching, Mayalsia. Read more below on this impressive act of united resistance. Read more from The Borneo Post Learn more about corruption in Borneo KUCHING: More than 300, mostly indigenous people,...
The International Hydropower Association (IHA) and the Sarawak government come under criticism from activists denouncing the development of 12 dams, for which the process has not been transparent regarding social and environmental concerns. Read more from Thomson Reuters Foundation Read more about the Borneo Project’s Campaign to Stop the Dams in...
The expansion of dams in Sarawak, Malaysia is costly to the indigenous people they will affect as well as the environment. But to avoid addressing these social and environmental concerns, Sarawak’s leader has resorted to his well-polished tactics of corruption and personal control, with the support from industry and without...
Peter Kallang, an important indigenous leader and the SAVE Sarawak Rivers network Chairman, was denied entry into an IHA pre-congress workshop. Read more below from the Bruno Manser Fonds and SAVE Rivers. Learn more about corruption in Borneo The International Hydropower Assocation’s World Congress to be held in Kuching,...
