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Southeast Asia Renewable Energy People’s Assembly (SEAREPA) Participants Reject Mega-Dams in Sarawak

November 6, 2012
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KOTA KINABALU, Malaysia: Over 120 participants representing 11 nations at the recently concluded Southeast Asia Renewable Energy People’s Assembly (SEAREPA) have unanimously decided to reject the development of 12 planned mega-dams in Sarawak. In their declaration, participants stressed that they had discussed renewable energy concerns across the region and were deeply concerned...

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ACTION ALERT: Stop Destructive Dam Investments in Sarawak!

October 24, 2012
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TAKE ACTION! Hydro Tasmania and Sarawak Energy are ignoring human rights by investing in the construction of 12 new dams in Sarawak with no indigenous community consultation or oversight. This is not acceptable.  Click here to stand alongside The Borneo Project in support of indigenous people’s rights!  Read our full...

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Oil Palm Plantations Replacing Indonesian Forests at Alarming Rate

October 10, 2012
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A paper published this week in Nature Climate Change confirms that expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia is destroying the country’s rainforests while simultaneously increasing global carbon emissions.  The study, led by Yale and Stanford University researchers, used Landsat satellite analyses to discern multiple land covers, coupled with above-and below-ground carbon accounting. The study...

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The Murum Blockade Still On, Despite Reports Saying Otherwise

October 9, 2012
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The Penans in Murum affected by the Murum Hydro-electric Power (HEP) Dam continue to blockade the road leading to the construction site of the dam despite newspaper reports saying otherwise.  Raymond Abin, coordinator for Sarawak Conservation Alliance for Natural Environment (SCANE) confirmed today via telephone that the blockade in Murum...

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Indonesia Treats its Indigenous Peoples “Worse Than Any Other Country in the World”

October 4, 2012
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Survival International recently announced that “Indonesia treats its indigenous and tribal people, especially in West Papua, worse than any other country in the world.”  This finding, surprisingly, comes after the Indonesian Government adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples back in September, 2007.  Read below to learn more....

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Campaign of Intimidation Continues in Indonesia

October 3, 2012
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The Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA) is calling for international support to demand an end to the intimidation of an indigenous community in Indonesia as well as the destruction of its forests by plantation firms. Two companies are clearing forests and farmland belonging to the Dayak Benuaq of Muara Tae, while the...

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Hydro Tasmania Disregards Human Rights in Malaysia

October 2, 2012
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This summer, Australian broadcaster SBS aired an investigative story on its Dateline television program called “The Last Frontier” focusing on 12 controversial dams being built in Sarawak, Malaysia.  It was one of the first times that a major international news network raised attention to continuing human rights violations in Sarawak that have gone largely unnoticed outside...

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No Free Prior Informed Consent For Penan Communities

October 2, 2012
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Penan protest continues over the lack of prior and informed consent regarding the construction of the Murum dam. According to the United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) that Malaysia has signed, whenever the government does any major project involving the rural communities, the communities have the right to...

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