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Baram Peace Park

Communities claim a rare victory: timber giant Samling has withdrawn from Baram’s forests

Indigenous communities in Sarawak win a landmark victory as MTCC visits Sarawak to inspect timber operations

A guide to understanding the role of community mapping in strengthening Indigenous land rights

Lack of transparency and breakdown in communication cause cancellation of International Tropical Timber Organization’s (ITTO) showcase opera

"Save our forest and stop the logging" - Baram Penan communities send clear message from the forest to Sarawak’s capital (KUCHING & BARAM...

Satellite analysis reveals logging road expansion nearing core protection zone of government backed project in the Baram River Basin...

Malaysian Borneo’s last primary rainforests under threat despite international conservation promises (Ba Data Bila, Sarawak, Malaysia) A...

While government and industry leaders meet in Kuching for a Sustainable Forest Management conference, Indigenous communities from...

Certification body SIRIM uses Penan rejection of logging as a reason to reinstate certificate - Penan ask Samling representatives and...

Penan communities are dismayed that Samling’s forest certificate was reinstated even though serious problems remain unresolved. They...

With less than 10% of the primary rainforest remaining in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, the Indigenous Penan community works to restore...

Analysis reveals critical cracks in logging operations managed by timber giant Samling and certified by MTCS, a program endorsed by PEFC...

The Penan of Ba Jawi reject logging and forest certification and want to continue their lives as nomads (BA JAWI / BARAM / SARAWAK) In a...

The Penan villages of Long Lamai and Ba Lai refuse to participate in the ongoing forest certification process and ask timber giant...

Nearly 100 community representatives gathered together in Miri on April 19th for a consultation on the Upper Baram Forest Area (UBFA),...

Logging activities in Ulu Baram will have devastating environmental consequences and severely impact the surrounding Indigenous...

Communities from Upper Baram Forest Area welcome steps taken to realize the project, and hand over declaration to Forest Department...

Largest ever ecological and social survey of Baram reveals incredible abundance of species in Indigenous-managed forests...

Samling withdraws from the Upper Baram Forest Area as Penan increase pressure with police report and blockade (BARAM / SARAWAK /...

Logging company Samling extracts timber near culturally important site - Penan communities outraged (LONG AJENG / BARAM / SARAWAK)...