Fiona McAlpineIn Sarawak, Justice Delayed is Justice DeniedAs Malaysian timber giant Samling’s SLAPP suit against SAVE Rivers is adjourned for a fourth time, communities continue their fight against…May 29, 2023May 29, 2023
Fiona McAlpineThe ecological — and personal —findings of the Baram Heritage SurveyThree years and one pandemic ago, we at The Borneo Project sat down with Indigenous Penan and Kenyah field technicians to create the Baram…Dec 18, 2022Dec 18, 2022
Fiona McAlpineForest pledges are a COP outIndigenous reps at COP27 say we are “horrifyingly far from our goals” if what is happening on the ground continues to be ignoredNov 15, 2022Nov 15, 2022
Fiona McAlpineTaking on Big TimberEvidence shows that in August 2021, Samling began building a logging road on Long Pakan land and removing trees to prepare for its logging…Jun 13, 2022Jun 13, 2022
Fiona McAlpineSarawak communities gather data to challenge claims made by logging companyLast month, Indigenous Penan and Kenyah communities of the Baram and Limbang rivers lodged official complaints to the Malaysian Timber…Jun 25, 2021Jun 25, 2021
Fiona McAlpineIndigenous communities threatened with legal action by timber giant as flooding devastates SarawakFor the second time this year, the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah have been hit by devastating floods. The remote longhouses that…Jun 2, 2021Jun 2, 2021
Fiona McAlpineSeeing Borneo’s wildlife through the eyes of its citizen scientistsOn a field visit to the Baram region of Malaysia’s Sarawak state on the island of Borneo, we approach the Penan village of Long Sepigen…Aug 10, 2020Aug 10, 2020
Fiona McAlpineinClimate ConsciousIndigenous Lives Matter: The Forest Defenders Fighting to Save BorneoCommunities in Sarawak are in a David and Goliath battle to safeguard some of the richest carbon and biodiversity stocks left on the…Jun 25, 2020Jun 25, 2020
Fiona McAlpine3 reasons deforestation in Borneo could cause the next global pandemicAssigning responsibility for the coronavirus pandemic is a tricky business. With over 200,000 global deaths by the end of April 2020, we…Apr 30, 2020Apr 30, 2020
Fiona McAlpineIsolating the resistance: how coronavirus leaves indigenous rights in Borneo at riskRainforest destruction continues while indigenous conservation leaders are in lockdown.Apr 14, 2020Apr 14, 2020
