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GROWING LOCAL OPPOSITION TO LOGGING IN BARAM FOREST
"Save our forest and stop the logging" - Baram Penan communities send clear message from the forest to Sarawak’s capital (KUCHING & BARAM...
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The Latest News from the
Baram Peace Park
Aug 222 min read
BARAM SATELLITE IMAGES DEBUNK "NO MASSIVE LOGGING" CLAIM
Satellite analysis reveals logging road expansion nearing core protection zone of government backed project in the Baram River Basin...
Jul 81 min read
ALARMING NEW LOGGING PROJECT EXPOSED IN INDIGENOUS CONSERVATION ZONE
Malaysian Borneo’s last primary rainforests under threat despite international conservation promises (Ba Data Bila, Sarawak, Malaysia) A...
Mar 273 min read
BARAM PEACE PARK COMMUNITIES SEE NO FUTURE IN LOGGING
While government and industry leaders meet in Kuching for a Sustainable Forest Management conference, Indigenous communities from...
Feb 203 min read
LAST NOMADIC PENAN BOYCOTT TIMBER CERTIFICATION
Certification body SIRIM uses Penan rejection of logging as a reason to reinstate certificate - Penan ask Samling representatives and...
Jan 152 min read
LAST PENAN NOMADS WANT TO LIBERATE THEIR TERRITORIES FROM CERTIFIED LOGGING
Penan communities are dismayed that Samling’s forest certificate was reinstated even though serious problems remain unresolved. They...
Nov 29, 20233 min read
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...
Nov 15, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20233 min read
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, 20232 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20222 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20212 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20203 min read
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...
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