30,000 to 50,000 indigenous people to pay the price for Chief Minister Taib Mahmud’s excessive dam plans in Malaysian Borneo. Read more from Bruno Manser Fonds Read more about the Borneo Project’s Campaign to Stop the Dams in Sarawak Also: View a high resolution version of the Sarawak dams map A...
A pointed and powerful critique of WWF’s role in the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Is the RSPO corporate greenwash, or our last best chance to protect the rainforest? Read more below. Read more from redd-monitor.org Learn more about Forest and Climate Policy in Borneo By Chris Lang, 14th...
A new report examines the externalized costs that companies place on global society, looking at major environmental sectors such as water use and greenhouse gas emissions. Incorporating this “natural capital” into the global economy could revolutionize environmental mitigation and climate adaptation. Read more from Mongabay Read more about Conserving Our...
The International Hydropower Association (IHA), an industry lobbying group composed of dam-builders and institutions that claim to promote the “sustainable” use of hydropower, will be hosting its upcoming World Congress in Sarawak, Malaysia – a decision that has provoked criticism from concerned NGOs and dam-affected communities. By hosting the congress...
Over a decade after 800 families were dispossessed of their land to make way for the controversial Bakun Dam, Barisan National (BN) election candidates continue to cheat refugee community Sungai Asap out of full compensation. Leaked maps show that the the new promise to relocate is in protected areas already belonging to...
Following the swell of public information about corruption in the Borneo states of Malaysia, human rights observers and indigenous communities have taken action to demand a due response on Native Customary Rights issues. Written by Simone Adler, Communications and Events Intern Read more about Human Rights and Corruption in Malaysia...
Rainforests that have been affected by even low-intensity fires are far more vulnerable to invasion by grasses, finds a new study published in special issue of the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. This invasion can lead to even more devastating fires. Read more below. Read more from...
Scientists, in an effort to determine how rainforests respond to increased CO2 in the atmosphere due to climate change, are conducting an experiment in a patch of the Amazon to see how additional carbon impacts the forest. Read more below. Read more from Nature Learn more about Forest and Climate...
The Penan, who have lived in the rainforest of Borneo for centuries, fight a daily battle against the logging companies who want to raze their homes to the ground. Read more below. Read more from Daily Mail UK Learn more about land rights issues in Borneo In the damp, lush...
Recent claims of local support for the Baram Dam coupled with promises of compensation and resettlement from problem-ridden Batang Ai and Bakun Dams have bolstered the opposition to Taib, Chief Minister of Sarawak. Protests have escalated as the affected Baram people voice concerns that Taib and his supporters are falsifying...
