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 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 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...
by Jessica Merriman | Oct 9, 2024 | In the media
Originally published on Mongabay, 9 October 2024, by Danielle Keeton-Olsen A recently published report by rights groups says that commodities from the Malaysian state of Sarawak should be labeled “high risk” under the new EU deforestation regulations, subjecting...
by Jessica Merriman | Sep 25, 2024 | In the media, Updates
Podcast originally aired by BFM Radio Guest: Luciana Téllez Chávez, Senior Environment & Human Rights Researcher, Human Rights Watch Click here to listen to the story. Human Rights Watch wants Sarawak to be classified as high-risk for deforestation under the...
by Jessica Merriman | Sep 24, 2024 | In the media, Updates
A coalition of environmental and Indigenous groups has called on the EU to designate Sarawak as high risk under its anti-deforestation law. Sarawak’s extensive deforestation and Indigenous rights violations pose serious risks, prompting calls for stricter EU import...
