UPPER BARAM, Malaysia When James Nyurang became headman of Tanjong Tepalit village in 2008, he learned from his predecessor and father of the terms set by timber giant Samling Group. When the company began cutting trees and leveling roads in Tanjong Tepalit in the 1990s, the headman of this Kenyah Indigenous village […]
A court in the Malaysian state of Sarawak announced May 15 that it will delay the hearing of a defamation suit filed by a logging conglomerate against Indigenous-led environmental rights group SAVE Rivers. In its announcement, officially released the same day the trial was scheduled to begin, the Miri High Court cited the need to […]
After two years tracking the sights, sounds and cultural significance of the forests that form their ancestral homeland, Indigenous communities in Malaysian Borneo have published a 90-page atlas of the Baram River Basin. The documents, known as the Baram Heritage Survey, explore the last intact forest area in Malaysia’s Sarawak state as well as the […]
Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.
Mongabay seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics,and finance on conservation and development.