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Dec 18, 2022

The ecological — and personal — findings of the Baram Heritage Survey

Three years and one pandemic ago, we at The Borneo Project sat down with Indigenous Penan and Kenyah field technicians to create the Baram Heritage Survey, including a list of animals that were important to their villages. However, when we asked our technicians which animals are the most crucial for…

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The ecological — and personal —findings of the Baram Heritage Survey
The ecological — and personal —findings of the Baram Heritage Survey

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Nov 15, 2022

Forest pledges are a COP out

Indigenous reps at COP27 say we are “horrifyingly far from our goals” if what is happening on the ground continues to be ignored Last month, a coalition of NGOs submitted a complaint to the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) against Malaysian timber giant Samling. The 40+ page report chronicles allegations from more than a dozen Indigenous Sarawakian communities. Their claims are backed up by evidence spanning five years of encroachment.

Environment

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Forest pledges are a COP out
Forest pledges are a COP out
Environment

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Jun 13, 2022

Taking on Big Timber

Evidence shows that in August 2021, Samling began building a logging road on Long Pakan land and removing trees to prepare for its logging operations, despite the community at large staunchly opposing the operation. Community members were quick to file a report with the police. When that went nowhere, they…

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Taking on Big Timber
Taking on Big Timber

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Jun 25, 2021

Sarawak communities gather data to challenge claims made by logging company

Last month, Indigenous Penan and Kenyah communities of the Baram and Limbang rivers lodged official complaints to the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) outlining alleged breaches of its scheme by timber giant Samling. …

Sarawak

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Sarawak communities gather data to challenge claims made by logging company
Sarawak communities gather data to challenge claims made by logging company
Sarawak

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Jun 2, 2021

Indigenous communities threatened with legal action by timber giant as flooding devastates Sarawak

For the second time this year, the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah have been hit by devastating floods. …

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Indigenous communities threatened with legal action by timber giant as flooding devastates Sarawak
Indigenous communities threatened with legal action by timber giant as flooding devastates Sarawak

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Aug 10, 2020

Seeing Borneo’s wildlife through the eyes of its citizen scientists

On 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. Like most villages of the Penan people, Long Sepigen is only accessible on foot or by boat. We’re here as part of a team from…

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Seeing Borneo’s wildlife through the eyes of its citizen scientists
Seeing Borneo’s wildlife through the eyes of its citizen scientists

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Published in Climate Conscious

·Jun 25, 2020

Indigenous Lives Matter: The Forest Defenders Fighting to Save Borneo

Communities in Sarawak are in a David and Goliath battle to safeguard some of the richest carbon and biodiversity stocks left on the planet. — A wild boar hightails it into the forest as we approach the village of Long Tungan in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. In the driver’s seat of our Hilux, Erang says that if his gun had been within reach he could have given the beastie a run for its money. …

Borneo

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Indigenous Lives Matter: The Forest Defenders Fighting to Save Borneo
Indigenous Lives Matter: The Forest Defenders Fighting to Save Borneo
Borneo

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Apr 30, 2020

3 reasons deforestation in Borneo could cause the next global pandemic

As leaders in tropical rainforest destruction, Malaysia and Indonesia are in the hot seat for our collective planetary health. Assigning responsibility for the coronavirus pandemic is a tricky business. With over 200,000 global deaths by the end of April 2020, we are collectively despairing. …

Borneo

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3 reasons deforestation in Borneo could cause the next global pandemic
3 reasons deforestation in Borneo could cause the next global pandemic
Borneo

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Apr 14, 2020

Isolating the resistance: how coronavirus leaves indigenous rights in Borneo at risk

Rainforest destruction continues while indigenous conservation leaders are in lockdown. In the Sungai Asap settlement in Sarawak, social distancing is near impossible. This ramshackle town 2 hours east of Bintulu is home to thousands of indigenous people displaced in the early 2000s to make way for a mega-dam. …

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Isolating the resistance: how coronavirus leaves indigenous rights in Borneo at risk
Isolating the resistance: how coronavirus leaves indigenous rights in Borneo at risk

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Sep 19, 2019

Ways to prevent Borneo’s forest fires from happening again

Want to prevent toxic haze? Start by supporting frontline campaigns Clouds of toxic haze are drifting across the Malaysian peninsula once again, in the worst uncontrolled burnoff since 2015. Like the Amazon, these smog-belching fires are deliberately lit for agricultural purposes. …

Environment

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Ways to prevent Borneo’s forest fires from happening again
Ways to prevent Borneo’s forest fires from happening again
Environment

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Fiona McAlpine

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Fiona McAlpine is Communications and Media Manager at The Borneo Project

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