by Jessica Merriman | Apr 2, 2025 | FAQ
For Indigenous communities, the arbitrary label of “Protected Forest” is not a guarantee of conservation, but rather a tool of exclusion. I remember my confused delight when I first came across a signboard on the side of a logging road in remote Sarawak...
by Fiona McAlpine | Feb 10, 2025 | FAQ, Uncategorized
A guide to understanding its role in strengthening Indigenous land rights Maps are part of the background of our lives, tools we use to get from Point A to Point B – navigating our neighborhoods, commutes, and shared spaces. Maps are so deeply ingrained in our lives...
by Jessica Merriman | Nov 12, 2024 | FAQ
Many people ask us about carbon offsets and carbon credits. In theory, they seem like a promising solution for addressing climate change while protecting forests. But in practice, their implementation is often inconsistent and complicated. Where we work in Sarawak,...
by Jessica Merriman | Sep 26, 2024 | FAQ, Updates
We’ve been sounding the alarm lately about Malaysia’s resistance to the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), a law that aims to prevent products associated with deforestation from entering the EU. Malaysia has lobbied against forest protection rules,...
by Fiona McAlpine | May 7, 2024 | FAQ, Updates
We hear a lot about how tropical rainforests are cleared for logging and palm oil at extraordinary rates, and how devastating this is for the climate. But in the last few years we have heard the seemingly fantastic news that Indonesia and Malaysia — the world’s two...
by Fiona McAlpine | Apr 2, 2024 | FAQ, Updates
With talk of new dams in Sarawak going gangbusters in the media, we have fact-checked some of the claims that are being thrown around. When it comes to cascading dams, like the ones Premier Abang Jo wants to build on the Tutoh/Apoh rivers, they’re pitched as a...
