The Swiss-based NGO the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF)¹ alleges in a new report that the Malaysian oil palm plantation company Radiant Lagoon has breached numerous regulations during logging operations in Sarawak on […]
Indigenous communities in Sarawak are calling for an end to encroachment onto their traditional lands and the Swiss-based NGO, the Bruno Manser Fund¹, is urging the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission to investigate the oil […]
A judge at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Canada has ruled that a financial disclosure case related to alleged money laundering by relatives of the former chief minister and current […]
The first international symposium about sun bear conservation got underway in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, yesterday (Monday). Attendees shared information about the plight of the animal, which has been listed as […]
A group of seven non-governmental organisations has called for an independent investigation to establish the origins of the tropical plywood being used in the construction of the new national Olympic stadium in […]
The Swiss-based Bruno Manser Fund (BMF)¹ today (Wednesday) released a report in which it states that relatives of the former chief minister and current governor of the Malaysian state of Sarawak, Abdul […]
In a pivotal judgement, Malaysia’s Federal Court has ruled that the Native Customary Rights (NCR) of the indigenous Dayak people apply only to a limited area of farmland and not to the […]
Indigenous villagers in Sarawak, Malaysia, who have retrieved land that was expropriated to make way for a mega-dam, remain jubilant about their victory, but they say their blockades will remain until the […]
Indigenous communities in the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo are celebrating a massive victory. The gazettes extinguishing the native rights of ownership of land earmarked for the proposed […]
Indigenous communities in the Malaysian state of Sarawak are celebrating a massive victory. The gazettes extinguishing the native rights of ownership of the land earmarked for the proposed Baram mega-dam and its […]
A new report published by the non-governmental organisation Wetlands International states that almost all of the recent fire hotspots on Sumatra’s environmentally precious Kampar Peninsula started on oil palm and pulp wood […]
The planned mega-dams in the state of Sarawak on Malaysian Borneo would not only flood huge areas of rainforest and displace tens of thousands of indigenous people, they would cause the loss […]
Delegates from indigenous communities around the world, who gathered in northern Borneo to mark the two-year anniversary of the blockades against the proposed Baram mega-dam in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, have […]
Vast areas of Southeast Asia will be frequently and irreversibly flooded before the end of the century if action is not taken to stop the destruction of tropical peatlands, a new study […]
Deforestation in Indonesia (Photo by Roni Bintang) The number of multinational companies that say they are committed to supplying and using only deforestation-free palm oil is growing fast. More than twenty global […]
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