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(Miri, Sarawak — December 18, 2025) Eleven Penan residents representing communities in  Ulu Baram are weighing an appeal to the Malaysian Court of Appeal after the Miri High  Court dismissed their challenge to logging licences issued by the Sarawak Forest Director and approved by the Minister of Natural Resources and Urban Development. Keruan Organisation Director … Continue reading 11 Penan Residents Considering an Appeal to the Malaysian Court of Appeal

MIRI, Dec 8 — Long Ikang residents are fearful that the next episode of flooding during this monsoon period may see their longhouse swept into the Baram River just metres away, said Peter Kallang. The chairman of non-governmental organisation SAVE Rivers claimed following a visit there that the second gabion wall built on the banks … Continue reading Erosion-hit Long Ikang longhouse in Sarawak at risk of being swept away in next flood, SAVE Rivers warns

  A group that represents the majority of Long Semiyang has taken a decisive stand today by lodging a police report at the Miri Central Police Station against Borneoland Resources Sdn Bhd, condemning the company’s logging activities in their Native Customary Rights (NCR) land. The group asserts that logging has begun without their consent, despite … Continue reading Long Semiyang Lodges Police Report against Borneoland Resources Sdn Bhd

KUCHING, 26th Nov: A delegation of Sarawak Indigenous Peoples under Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (JOAS) organised a march on Monday to handover the Sarawak Native Rights Memorandum 2025 to Tan Sri Datuk Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar, the Speaker of the State Legislative Assembly. The Sarawak Native Rights Memorandum 2025 outlines key challenges faced by the … Continue reading Natives of Sarawak March to Handover Sarawak Native Rights Memorandum at State Legislative Assembly

Director of Forests cancels Osaka Metropolitan University talk to avoid answering questions over deforestation - as Sarawak Premier receives Japan's top honour for "environmental leadership" Osaka, Japan - 12 November 2025 - At a press conference in Osaka today, Indigenous representatives from Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, condemned Japan's ongoing support for forest projects linked to deforestation … Continue reading Sarawak Government Ducks Indigenous Activists in Japan

Kuala Lumpur / Tokyo, 10 November 2025 — A coalition of civil society organizations has called on the Government of Japan to immediately suspend funding for International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) projects in Sarawak, Malaysia, following serious allegations of human rights violations, corruption, and environmental destruction linked to projects implemented by the Forest Department Sarawak … Continue reading Civil Society Calls on Japan to Halt Funding for ITTO Projects in Sarawak amid Human Rights and Corruption Allegations

BELAGA, Sarawak — Indigenous communities in Sarawak have won a major victory in their campaign to stop deforestation on their native lands. After clearing over 1,000 hectares of natural forest for oil palm in the last year, Urun Plantations Sdn Bhd has committed to a moratorium on further clearing in the disputed area. Community leaders … Continue reading Victory for Indigenous Communities in Sarawak as Urun Plantations Halts Forest Clearing

New evidence confirms that Sime Darby (SD) Guthrie continues to be implicated in deforestation  in Sarawak, despite its sustainability commitments and international obligations. BINTULU, 20th October 2025 — Three ground investigations between December 2024 and September 2025, supported by satellite analysis, local community testimony and drone imagery, documented active forest clearance within the Urun Plantations … Continue reading Major Palm Oil Company SD Guthrie Linked to Deforestation in Sarawak

Protecting Indigenous rights and world-class heritage requires openness, not silence In 2016, the people of Baram showed the true power of democracy. Grassroots communities, supported by NGOs and civil society, stood up against the proposed Baram hydroelectric dam and won. The project, which would have drowned villages and forests, was cancelled because ordinary people made … Continue reading Who Will Speak for Baram?

CSO Platform for Reform expresses deep concern over the recent imposition of official approval requirements for NGO engagement with communities in Upper Baram. Such measures represent undue restrictions on civil society organisations (CSOs) and human rights defenders, who play an indispensable role in advancing and protecting community rights. We stand in solidarity with the NGOs … Continue reading CSO PLATFORM FOR REFORM URGES END TO RESTRICTIONS ON NGOS AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS