From 10-12 September 2014, thousands of people will converge in Kuala Lumpur for ASEAN Power Week. The conference sponsors, including Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB) and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), are welcoming the delegates arriving for this three day conference and introducing their vision of power generation in Malaysia. On this occasion, people representing communities in […]

As the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (WCIP) is going to take place prior to the UN General Assembly at the UN Headquarters on September 22-23, 2014, the Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (JOAS) appeals to the the Malaysian government to support a strong Outcome Document for the WCIP. The objectve of the WCIP is to

10 September 2014 – for immediate release International power companies meeting in KL this week have met with protests: indigenous peoples are asking them not to become involved in Malaysian dam building. (KUALA LUMPUR / MALAYSIA) Indigenous peoples from all over Malaysia travelled to their capital city today to ask the international power industry, which

08 September 2014 – for immediate release (BASEL / SWITZERLAND, KUALA LUMPUR / MALAYSIA) International power companies have received a letter from the Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) informing them of the financial, legal and reputational risks associated with investing in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The Swiss NGO’s market outreach campaign coincides with the ASEAN

Miri: Villagers from Baram were angered by a statement from their community leader, Penghulu Paul Kalang which was published in the Borneo Post on 4th September 2014. They all voiced out their disappointment that they are being sidelined in the decision making to determine their livelihood and future related to the proposed Baram dam. In

03 September 2014 BASEL, SWITZERLAND. An explosive new book by Swiss historian and campaigner Lukas Straumann is about to rock Malaysia’s corridors of power. Money Logging investigates what Gordon Brown has called ‘probably the biggest environmental crime of our times’—the massive destruction of the Borneo rainforests by Malaysian loggers. Historian and campaigner Lukas Straumann goes

BRUNO MANSER FUND, BASEL / SWITZERLAND 27 August 2014 Sarawak’s logging companies have created a road network 88,111 km long in the Malaysian state’s rainforest – this is the latest revelation on the Bruno Manser Fund’s Sarawak Geoportal. (BASEL, SWITZERLAND / SARAWAK, MALAYSIA) The Malaysian state of Sarawak is known for its unsustainable logging practices.

25 August 2014 Two newly discovered animal species from Borneo remember the missing Swiss rainforest advocate (BERN / SWITZERLAND) A team of Swiss scientists honour missing rainforest advocate Bruno Manser with the announcement of the discovery of two new animal species in the tropical rainforests of Borneo. This was announced today by the Natural History

Kuala Lumpur: A blockade to resist a hydroelectric dam in Baram in the Malaysian state of Sarawak marks its 300th days today on Monday 18th August 2014. As an event for the occasion, a group of villagers from around the proposed dam site are in Kuala Lumpur to participate in a forum at the nation

BRUNO MANSER FUND & INTERNATIONAL RIVERS 18 August, 2014 Media Contacts: In Malaysia: Tanya Lee, Program Coordinator, International Rivers – Ph: +60194380539 (Malaysia)| Email: [email protected] In Switzerland: Bruno Manser Fund – Ph: +41 61 261 94 74| Email: [email protected] Fact-finding mission reports on fundamental human rights violations committed by Malaysian company Sarawak Energy at the

18 August 2014 MIRI – Villagers from Long Tuyut, Sungai Pelajau, Loagan Bunut and Long Teru, Tinjar, Baram and villagers from Kampung Lebor, Serian are crying foul over the actions of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board’s (MBOB) directive to oil palm ramps and mills to not receive and buy fresh oil palm fruit bunches from

  8 August 2014 Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) calls on the government to urgently review and revamp the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process in Sarawak due to its inadequacies, specifically on its lack of mandatory public participation. Unlike its Federal counterpart, the Sarawak EIA law excludes mandatory public participation in the process, relegating the matter to

The Bar Council, through its Committee on Orang Asli Rights and Human Rights Committee, undertook a study trip to the Metalun and Tegulang Resettlement Areas in Murum, Sarawak from 17 to 23 May 2014. The primary purpose of the trip was to study the post-relocation conditions of the Penan and Kenyah native communities, which had

Miri – Land owners from Long Keseh and Na’ah submitted an official complaint to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and made a police report on the illegal logging activities which are carried out on the access road and site of the proposed Baram dam.  The basis of their claim is that the documents for the timber

Miri: Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri Alfred Jabu’s statement as published in the Borneo Post on 22nd July is irrational, insincere and outright rude. The reason why the Baram district is the most underdeveloped part of the state is due to the government’s neglect. The minister has no reason to blame others for this but himself