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Malaysia Indigenous communities ‘hopeful’ on logging dispute
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The Kenyah Jamok community of Long Tungan in Upper Baram say they have not been consulted on matters affecting their land rights [Courtesy of The Borneo Project]
Indigenous peoples from the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo are hopeful their objections to logging by Samling Group – covering an area of forest roughly equivalent to the size of Luxembourg – are finally being taken seriously after the country’s timber certification board ordered dispute mediation a year after they first complained about the plan.
The Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) took action following complaints by 36 Indigenous Penan, Kenyah and Jamok communities from Sarawak’s Upper Limbang and Baram regions about alleged flaws in its certification of two logging concessions. ....

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