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Baram Peace Park

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...

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...

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...

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 /...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

SARAWAK CHIEF MINISTER SURPRISES LONDON WITH FOREST PLEDGE

Adenan Satem uses first official overseas visit to reach out to NGOs and call for international support to transform the Sarawak timber...

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...