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Malaysian Activists Hold Symbolic Tribunal Investigating Deforestation
Wednesday, 16 August 2023, 6:43 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
(BASEL, SWITZERLAND) On Tuesday, Malaysian activists gathered in Basel, Switzerland, for a Rainforest Tribunal investigating deforestation in Borneo’s remote interior. Members of the Penan, Kelabit, Kenyah, Tering, and Kayan Indigenous communities of ... More >>
Swiss Rainforest Tribunal To Look Into Borneo Deforestation
Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 6:32 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
Representatives of the Penan people from Sarawak (Borneo) and other leading experts will come to Basel, Switzerland in August for an event to bear witness to the destruction of Borneo’s forests: The Rainforest Tribunal. The aim of the Tribunal is to take ... More >>
Borneo Natives Fear Ousting Of Leader Over UNESCO World Heritage Row
Thursday, 23 February 2023, 6:25 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Mulu community leader Ukau Lupung targeted by Sarawak government over Penan resistance against controversial township plans at UNESCO World Heritage site. (MULU/SARAWAK/MALAYSIA) The Penan community of Bateu Bungan located at the heart of Sarawak’s iconic Gunung ... More >>
Forest Stewardship Council FSC Called On To Drop Samling Group
Thursday, 13 October 2022, 5:19 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Coalition submits complaint to FSC during General Assembly, calling on the body to withdraw Samling’s certificates (BALI, INDONESIA / MIRI, MALAYSIA) This week, a coalition of civil society organizations are calling on the Forest Stewardship ... More >>
NGOs Demand MTCC Acknowledge Certification Scheme's Shortcomings And Take Action
Tuesday, 10 May 2022, 6:57 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
In conjunction with MTCC’s participation at PEFC International’s members meeting in Dublin, civil society organisations argue MTCC is unable to uphold timber certification standards. (MIRI / SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) As the Malaysian Timber Certification Council ... More >>
Baram Communities Start Signature Campaign Against Logging
Monday, 29 November 2021, 6:28 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
JOINT PRESS RELEASE by the Gerenai Community Rights Action Committee, Bruno Manser Fund, The Borneo Project New community signature campaign condemns selective consultations and requests a stop work order for timber giant Samling in Sarawak’s interior (BARAM ... More >>
Winter Games Not Possible In The Ukrainian Carpathians, International Olympic Committee Says
Tuesday, 23 November 2021, 6:55 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Lack of infrastructure and the impact on protected areas are not in line with the IOC's sustainability requirements – Environmental NGOs score major victory in bid to protect the Carpathians from controversial huge ski resorts (LAUSANNE/KIEV) The ... More >>
Penan Scale Up Blockades Against Logging Giant Samling
Thursday, 7 October 2021, 7:04 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Penan elders from Long Pakan set up blockade against timber extraction from their forest – the second blockade against Samling in the Baram region within a month Banners at the barricade ask Samling to stop logging (LONG PAKAN / SARAWAK / MALAYSIA) ... More >>
Swiss City To Sponsor Sarawak Forest Conservation Project
Tuesday, 6 July 2021, 5:36 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
5 July 2021 Basel mayor Beat Jans announces a $200,000 contribution to the International Tropical Timber Organization's (ITTO) Upper Baram Forest Management Area – 24 indigenous communities in Malaysian Borneo are to benefit from the conservation and sustainable ... More >>
Destructive Logging: EU Urged To Press For Ukrainian Forest Sector Reform
Thursday, 17 June 2021, 5:22 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
New investigation identifies unjustified "sanitary logging" as key mechanism behind destructive logging in Ukraine – First in-depth local case study details abusive practices in two State Forestry Enterprises in the Ukrainian Carpathians ... More >>
Certification Body Launches Dispute Resolution Process Between Timber Giant Samling & Sarawak Indigenous Communities
Friday, 11 June 2021, 6:00 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Civil society groups call for a moratorium on logging in affected areas until the dispute can be resolved, and for environmental and social impact assessments to be released immediately. (MIRI, SARAWAK/MALAYSIA) In May 2021, Indigenous Penan, Kenyah ... More >>
ITTO Supports Community Forest Conservation Initiative In The Baram Area, Sarawak
Wednesday, 16 December 2020, 8:55 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
PRESS RELEASE by KERUAN, SAVE Rivers, Bruno Manser Fund, The Borneo Project Mountain Batu Siman within the park The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) has endorsed the proposal for the Upper Baram Forest Area, also known as the Baram ... More >>
Sarawak activists take Mulu oil palm struggle to Europe
Monday, 6 May 2019, 9:58 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
(London, UK) A delegation of indigenous representatives from Sarawak are currently in Europe to expose the Malaysian palm oil industry’s detrimental practices with the European Union and global institutions such as UNESCO and the International Union ... More >>
Sarawak natives appeal to palm oil importing countries over
Thursday, 7 March 2019, 9:50 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Leaders of Sarawak’s Penan and Berawan people have written to the embassies of major palm oil – importing countries to stop purchasing Malaysian palm oil until deforestation has come to an end and the issue of Native Customary Rights has been ... More >>
Interpol refuses Malaysian request for Red Notice
Saturday, 29 August 2015, 10:09 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Victory for civil society as Interpol refuses Malaysian request for Red Notice against Clare Brown More >>
International prosecution of grand corruption in Malaysia
Saturday, 22 August 2015, 10:46 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Swiss federal prosecutors have opened criminal proceedings against two "entities" of the Malaysian state fund 1MDB and "unknown" third parties, the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) of Switzerland announced on Friday. The news was broken ... More >>
Swiss bank UBS searched in Malaysian money-laundering case
Friday, 21 August 2015, 8:21 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Prosecutors barred from using bank’s internal memorandum on business ties with Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman – Swiss Federal Court to decide on appeal over admittance of evidence More >>
Malaysian 1 MDB corruption scandal
Thursday, 6 August 2015, 7:22 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
BERN (SWITZERLAND) The Swiss Attorney General’s Office is currently examining a complaint under criminal law against Swiss banks and businesses over their role in an international corruption scandal involving Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak. ... More >>
Norwegian consultant admonished over Sarawak dams
Thursday, 25 June 2015, 8:00 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Last year, Norconsult refused to talk to dam-affected indigenous people from Malaysia waiting at their door – following a NGO complaint, Norconsult admits lack of due diligence in OECD mediation More >>
Malaysian politician’s son admits USD 315 million fortune
Tuesday, 16 June 2015, 7:58 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib, the son of Sarawak Governor Taib Mahmud, declared in court he owns 50 companies worth MYR 1.185 billion (USD 315 million) – Taib son was given 70,000 hectares of state land by Sarawak government “to pay for bridge constructions“ ... More >>
