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Indigenous Families Penalized For Building Homes While Commercial Logging Proceeds Unchecked
Friday, 13 February 2026, 6:28 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Community leaders and civil society organizations are seeking clarification on how forestry regulations are applied, particularly with regard to small-scale, subsistence use of timber by Indigenous peoples compared to commercial logging operations. More >>
Indigenous Penan Plead Not Guilty To Charges Brought By Sarawak Forest Department
Saturday, 29 November 2025, 4:21 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
More than 30 Penan community representatives travelled to Miri to accompany and support the two men during the hearing. More >>
New Report Reveals Malaysian Exploitation Of Papua New Guinea's Forests
Saturday, 18 October 2025, 4:03 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
While decades of unchecked logging has left Malaysia with less than 10% of its primary forest cover left, Malaysian timber groups' are now flooding Papua New Guinea with timber business models perfected in Malaysia. More >>
Timber Politics And Corruption, Not NGOs, Are Causing Disharmony At Community Level In Sarawak
Tuesday, 7 October 2025, 11:39 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Swiss NGO, the Bruno Manser Fonds, refutes allegations by the government of Sarawak, a state in Malaysian Borneo, that NGOs are causing disharmony at the community level. More >>
Explosive Logging Video Questions Sarawak Premier's Green Credentials
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 8:52 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Sarawak Premier Abang Johari is criticized for his government's lack of transparency and failure to properly address the social and environmental consequences of logging. More >>
Explosive Logging Video Questions Sarawak Premier's Green Credentials
Monday, 15 September 2025, 8:54 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
The video tells the story of Indigenous Penan villagers from Baram who are desperately trying to save their livelihoods in the forest. More >>
Sarawak Premier Challenged By Forest Activists In Paris
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 9:46 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
A delegation from the Switzerland-based nature protection agency Bruno Manser Fonds (BMF) awaited the Premier this morning at the gates of UNESCO's headquarters in Paris with banners reading "Save the Baram Forest". More >>
Japan Urged To Ban Malaysian Timber Shipments Over Human Rights Concerns
Sunday, 17 August 2025, 2:16 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
Sarawak Indigenous communities call on Japanese Government to stop Shin Yang Group’s timber imports over claims of human rights violations and breaches of harvesting agreements. More >>
Penan Community Member Urgently Calls Sarawak Premier To Halt Destructive Logging In Upper Baram
Tuesday, 8 July 2025, 10:46 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Borneoland Timber Resources Sdn (“Borneoland”) is currently clearing some of the last remaining primary forests inside the Suling-Selaan Protected Forest. More >>
NGOs Call For The Immediate Release Of Two Indigenous Penan From Sarawak, Malaysia
Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 1:49 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
Keruan and the Bruno Manser Fonds urge the Malaysian government to support the immediate release of the two Penan forest defenders and to take action to stop logging in indigenous territories. The rights of indigenous peoples to their land must be respected and ... More >>
Logging Conflict Escalates In Sarawak As Penan Take A Stand
Sunday, 8 June 2025, 10:36 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
In April alone, 162 logging trucks with an estimated load of 25 metric tons each left the forests of Ba Data Bila. This amounts to approximately 4,000 tons of timber, valued at around MYR 9 million (US$ 2.1 million), in just one month. More >>
Sarawak Natives File Court Action To Stop Logging In Protected Forest
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:43 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
Indigenous representatives from 11 communities in Sarawak’s Upper Baram region have gone to court to protest the issuance of a logging licence to a politically-linked timber company. More >>
Bruno Manser Fonds Denies Baseless Allegations By Sarawak Minister Over ITTO Project Failure
Thursday, 22 May 2025, 4:37 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
Swiss NGO Bruno Manser Fonds (BMF) today denied allegations made by Sarawak Deputy Minister Len Talif Salleh in the Sarawak State Assembly (DUN) yesterday over the reasons for the termination of a flagship sustainability project More >>
Malaysian Politician’s Daughter Loses Defamation Suit Against Swiss NGO
Saturday, 21 December 2024, 8:20 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
Swiss Court intervenes in defamation lawsuit against the Bruno Manser Fonds and dismisses the plaintiffs' main legal claims - partial rulings reserved. More >>
International Flagship Project Sunk By Sarawak Forestry Agency
Monday, 21 October 2024, 6:17 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Initially launched as the Baram Peace Park by local communities as an Indigenous community-led conservation effort, the project had been submitted to ITTO for funding by the Malaysian government as the “Upper Baram Forest Area” (UBFA). More >>
NGOs Call On Malaysia’s Prime Minister To Fix Broken Timber Certification System In New Report
Thursday, 3 October 2024, 3:45 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
The report, titled How to Fix Critical Flaws in Malaysia’s Timber Certification System, reveals a troubling lack of independence among auditors, who often rely solely on the companies they are auditing for logistical support during field visits. More >>
Malaysia: Baram Satellite Images Debunk “No Massive Logging” Claim
Sunday, 15 September 2024, 12:03 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Satellite analysis reveals logging road expansion nearing core protection zone of government backed project in the Baram River Basin More >>
Penan Advocate For UNESCO Biosphere Reserve In Borneo
Friday, 9 August 2024, 8:04 pm | Bruno Manser Fonds
The Magoh Biosphere Reserve aims at stopping deforestation in the area. Penan leader Peng Megut from Long Tevenga explains: "The logging companies don't consult us, but we are here, we have always been here, and we want to continue to protect the forest." More >>
Massive Logging Operation Undermines Malaysia’s International Credibility
Tuesday, 9 July 2024, 8:44 am | Bruno Manser Fonds
Malaysian Borneo’s last primary rainforests under threat despite international conservation promises More >>
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 >>
