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Baram Peace Park


HOW BARAM COMMUNITIES STOPPED THE CHOP
Communities claim a rare victory: timber giant Samling has withdrawn from Baram’s forests
Mar 74 min read


INDIGENOUS BARAM COMMUNITIES CELEBRATE TIMBER COMPANY'S WITHDRAWAL FROM THEIR LANDS
Indigenous communities in Sarawak win a landmark victory as MTCC visits Sarawak to inspect timber operations
Feb 203 min read


WHY COMMUNITY MAPPING MATTERS IN SARAWAK
A guide to understanding the role of community mapping in strengthening Indigenous land rights
Feb 105 min read


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...
Aug 27, 20242 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...
Mar 27, 20243 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...
Feb 20, 20243 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 29, 20233 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...
Jul 19, 20232 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...
Jun 14, 20233 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...
Mar 21, 20232 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...
Nov 27, 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 25, 20222 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...
Sep 14, 20212 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...
Mar 7, 20213 min read


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...
Mar 11, 20202 min read


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 /...
Nov 26, 20172 min read


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...
Mar 21, 20172 min read


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...
Feb 22, 20172 min read


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...
Oct 28, 20162 min read


LAUNCHING OF BARAM CONSERVATION INITIATIVE
Following the cancellation of the Baram Dam, the communities of Baram are proud to announce the launch of the Baram Conservation...
Oct 21, 20162 min read
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