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Baram Peace Park


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


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 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


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


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


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...
Nov 15, 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


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


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)...
Jul 13, 20223 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


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...
Mar 24, 20202 min read


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...
May 5, 20152 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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