by Fiona McAlpine | Jul 17, 2025 | Blog, FAQ, Uncategorized, Updates
The Borneo Project has spent the last 35 years standing alongside Indigenous communities in Sarawak, Malaysia, defending rainforests, resisting destructive development, and advocating for Indigenous rights. This critical work is made possible entirely through the...
by Fiona McAlpine | Mar 18, 2025 | Blog, In the media, Updates
This article was originally published at Green Agenda Australia In Sarawak, eucalyptus plantations are replacing biodiverse forests under the guise of “reforestation”. Indigenous communities fight to protect their lands while Australia continues to import timber grown...
by Fiona McAlpine | Feb 20, 2025 | Blog, Uncategorized, Updates
This article was originally published by Eco-Business Asia For years, Indigenous communities in Sarawak fought against logging on their lands. Today, they can claim a rare victory: timber giant Samling has withdrawn from Baram’s forests, and may well have withdrawn...
by Jessica Merriman | Jan 7, 2025 | Blog, In the media, Updates
This article was originally published in Malaysiakini. The sound of a forest tree being felled tugs at some primal place of fear in our bodies – the thunder of a trunk losing its structural integrity, the ripping of vines and branches, then an eerie silent millisecond...
by Fiona McAlpine | Nov 25, 2024 | Blog, Uncategorized, Updates
Dear Friends, When I joined The Borneo Project over a decade ago, we were a small but determined team—it was just me, an intern, and our dedicated board. Our main partner organization in Sarawak, SAVE Rivers, was run by a handful of volunteers. Our coalition was...
by Fiona McAlpine | Nov 22, 2024 | Blog, In the media, Uncategorized
This article was originally posted in Eco-business Asia We wind our way through a maze of logging roads in Sarawak, heading toward some of the state’s so-called reforestation projects. Sarawak claims to be at the forefront of Malaysia’s green revolution, planting...
