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WITH TREE NURSERIES, THE PENAN ARE WORKING TO RESTORE THE RAINFOREST
With less than 10% of the primary rainforest remaining in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, the Indigenous Penan community works to restore...
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The Latest News from the
Baram Peace Park
- Nov 15
- 3 min
LOST IN CERTIFICATION: NEW REPORT EXPOSES GREENWASHING IN MALAYSIAN TIMBER INDUSTRY
Analysis reveals critical cracks in logging operations managed by timber giant Samling and certified by MTCS, a program endorsed by PEFC...
- Jul 19
- 2 min
LAST NOMADS OF BARAM WANT TO LIVE UNDISTURBED
The Penan of Ba Jawi reject logging and forest certification and want to continue their lives as nomads (BA JAWI / BARAM / SARAWAK) In a...
- Jun 14
- 3 min
UPPER BARAM PENAN VILLAGES REJECT FOREST CERTIFICATION
The Penan villages of Long Lamai and Ba Lai refuse to participate in the ongoing forest certification process and ask timber giant...
- May 26
- 2 min
SAVE RIVERS AND FOREST DEPARTMENT SARAWAK HOLD UBFA COMMUNITY CONSULTATION
Nearly 100 community representatives gathered together in Miri on April 19th for a consultation on the Upper Baram Forest Area (UBFA),...
- Mar 29
- 3 min
LOGGING ACTIVITIES IN ULU BARAM WILL HAVE DEVASTATING ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES SAY 47 ORGS
Logging activities in Ulu Baram will have devastating environmental consequences and severely impact the surrounding Indigenous...
- Mar 21
- 2 min
UPPER BARAM FOREST AREA SET TO LAUNCH
Communities from Upper Baram Forest Area welcome steps taken to realize the project, and hand over declaration to Forest Department...
- Nov 27, 2022
- 2 min
INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES COMPLETE BARAM HERITAGE SURVEY AND LAUNCH COMMUNITY ATLASES
Largest ever ecological and social survey of Baram reveals incredible abundance of species in Indigenous-managed forests...
- Jul 25, 2022
- 2 min
PENAN SUCCESSFULLY STOP TIMBER GIANT SAMLING FROM LOGGING IN CONSERVATION AREA
Samling withdraws from the Upper Baram Forest Area as Penan increase pressure with police report and blockade (BARAM / SARAWAK /...
- Jul 13, 2022
- 3 min
TIMBER GIANT SAMLING ENTERS FOREST EARMARKED FOR CONSERVATION, SATELLITE IMAGES SHOW
Logging company Samling extracts timber near culturally important site - Penan communities outraged (LONG AJENG / BARAM / SARAWAK)...
- Sep 14, 2021
- 2 min
PENAN STEP UP CAMPAIGN TO SAVE SARAWAK'S LAST PRIMEVAL FORESTS FROM LOGGING
Timber giant Samling’s operations in Upper Baram blocked by joint community action – Penan communities denounce logging on their...
- Jul 5, 2021
- 2 min
SWISS CITY TO SPONSOR SARAWAK FOREST CONSERVATION PROJECT
Basel mayor Beat Jans announces a $200,000 contribution to the International Tropical Timber Organization's (ITTO) Upper Baram Forest...
- Mar 7, 2021
- 3 min
COMMUNITY ALERTS SARAWAK GOVERNMENT OF ONGOING LOGGING IN UPPER BARAM FOREST AREA
Samling is encroaching into the territory of Long Ajeng, even though the Penan community is within the Upper Baram Forest Area/Baram...
- Dec 16, 2020
- 3 min
ITTO SUPPORTS COMMUNITY FOREST CONSERVATION INITIATIVE IN THE BARAM AREA, SARAWAK
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) officially endorses the Baram Peace Park/Upper Baram Forest Area to protect the...
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
INDIGENOUS LEADERS QUESTION ONGOING OIL PALM AND TIMBER ACTIVITIES DURING COVID-19 LOCKDOWN
Oil palm and timber companies received permits to continue work in Sarawak despite national lockdown – indigenous leaders criticise the...
- Mar 11, 2020
- 2 min
ECOLOGICAL SURVEY KICKS OFF IN BARAM COMMUNITIES
Communities in the Baram Area to collect data on flora, fauna, hunting, fishing and land use under the Baram Heritage Survey On the 2nd...
- Nov 26, 2017
- 2 min
BORNEO RAINFOREST COMMUNITIES COMPLETE 15-YEAR MAPPING EFFORT
63 Penan communities celebrate the completion of a series of 23 high quality maps representing their land, culture and history (SARAWAK /...
- Mar 21, 2017
- 2 min
BARAM VILLAGERS LEARN ABOUT COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION EFFORTS AROUND BORNEO
Three delegations from the Baram Conservation Initiative returned from their study tours on Sunday with aspirations for community-based...
- Feb 22, 2017
- 2 min
DRAFT FOR LAND CONSERVATION GETS FOREST DEPT BACKING
Komeok (fourth right) and Kallang (second right) handing over the draft copy of the pre-proposal for a community initiated land and...
- Oct 28, 2016
- 2 min
LONG LAWEN: A STORY OF SELF-DETERMINED DEVELOPMENT
Representatives of the Baram Conservation Initiative visit Long Lawen to learn from a community that chose its own kind of development...
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