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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


UBFA PROJECT SUNK BY SARAWAK FORESTRY AGENCY
Lack of transparency and breakdown in communication cause cancellation of International Tropical Timber Organization’s (ITTO) showcase opera
Oct 15, 20242 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


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


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


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),...
May 26, 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...
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


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...
Jul 5, 20212 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...
Dec 16, 20203 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


MALAYSIA'S PENAN PRESENT THEIR IDEAS FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THEIR TRADITIONAL FORESTS
Malaysia’s Penan present their ideas for the preservation of their traditional forests - Indigenous Penan communities from Upper Baram,...
May 23, 20122 min read
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