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Baram Peace Park


Sep 14, 20212 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...


Jul 5, 20212 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...


Mar 7, 20213 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...


Dec 16, 20203 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...


Mar 24, 20202 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 11, 20202 min read
ECOLOGICAL SURVEY KICKS OFF IN BARAM COMMUNITIES
Communities in the Baram Area to collect data on flora, fauna, hunting, fishing and land use under the Baram Heritage Survey On the 2nd...


Nov 26, 20172 min read
BORNEO RAINFOREST COMMUNITIES COMPLETE 15-YEAR MAPPING EFFORT
63 Penan communities celebrate the completion of a series of 23 high quality maps representing their land, culture and history (SARAWAK /...


Mar 21, 20172 min read
BARAM VILLAGERS LEARN ABOUT COMMUNITY-BASED CONSERVATION EFFORTS AROUND BORNEO
Three delegations from the Baram Conservation Initiative returned from their study tours on Sunday with aspirations for community-based...


Feb 22, 20172 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...


Oct 28, 20162 min read
LONG LAWEN: A STORY OF SELF-DETERMINED DEVELOPMENT
Representatives of the Baram Conservation Initiative visit Long Lawen to learn from a community that chose its own kind of development...


Oct 21, 20162 min read
LAUNCHING OF BARAM CONSERVATION INITIATIVE
Following the cancellation of the Baram Dam, the communities of Baram are proud to announce the launch of the Baram Conservation...


May 5, 20152 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 23, 20122 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,...


Dec 21, 20102 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...
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