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Communities claim a rare victory: timber giant Samling has withdrawn from Baram’s forests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


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...
Aug 22, 20242 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...
Jul 8, 20241 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


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...
Jan 15, 20242 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


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


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


PENAN GO TO COURT TO DEFEND HEART OF BORNEO RAINFORESTS
Ba Jawi community sues logging group Samling and the Sarawak state government in order to protect 15,000 hectares of...
Dec 21, 20102 min read
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