by Fiona McAlpine | Feb 23, 2024 | Updates
Certification body SIRIM uses Penan rejection of logging as a reason to reinstate certificate – Penan ask Samling representatives and SIRIM auditors to leave (LIMBANG / SARAWAK) During the January audit of timber giant Samling’s Ravenscourt Forest Management...
by Fiona McAlpine | Jan 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Penan communities are dismayed that Samling’s forest certificate was reinstated even though serious problems remain unresolved. They demand a no-logging zone in their territories. (LIMBANG / SARAWAK) This week some of the last nomadic Penan communities submitted...
by Fiona McAlpine | Nov 21, 2023 | FAQ, Uncategorized, Updates
Our new report is titled “Lost in Certification: How forest certification greenwashes Samling’s dirty timber and fools the international market”. It is a comprehensive analysis of the most recent land conflicts in the Baram region of Sarawak. It looks at the most...
by Fiona McAlpine | Nov 15, 2023 | Uncategorized, Updates
Analysis reveals critical cracks in logging operations managed by timber giant Samling and certified by MTCS, a program endorsed by PEFC (Berkeley, US / Basel, Switzerland) A groundbreaking 100-page report released today by The Borneo Project and Bruno Manser Fonds...
by Fiona McAlpine | Sep 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Samling bows to intense international pressure, withdrawing defamation suit against Indigenous CSO SAVE Rivers — communities celebrate victory of their #StopTheChop and #StopTheSLAPP campaigns (MIRI / SARAWAK) This morning — two years after Samling filed a defamation...
