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…6 min read·May 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…4 min read·Dec 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 ignored3 min read·Nov 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…3 min read·Jun 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…6 min read·Jun 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…4 min read·Jun 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…5 min read·Aug 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…6 min read·Jun 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…5 min read·Apr 30, 2020----
Fiona McAlpineIsolating the resistance: how coronavirus leaves indigenous rights in Borneo at riskRainforest destruction continues while indigenous conservation leaders are in lockdown.5 min read·Apr 14, 2020----