Links
This activist organization works on indigenous rights and environmental issues in northern Sarawak. Their website has many news stories, frequently updated.
One of our main partners in Borneo now has an informative website. SAM and its staff members has won numerous awards for their excellent work, including the Alternative Nobel Prize, Goldman Award, Right Livelihood Award, and most recently, the Conde Nast Traveller Magazine Environmentalist of the Year award in 1998.
A community initiative to protect upstream forests and harness the power of falling water for renewable electricity.
A great source of news on indigenous land rights and human rights in Sarawak, frequently updated.
Building capacity of indigenous communities in 23 regions across Sabah: indigenous preschools, community organizer training, community mapping & land rights documentation, microhydro & watershed management.
Working to achieve long-term viability of orangutan populations in Sabah.
Facilitating community-based conservation of forests and wildlife in Sabah.
Suaram monitors, documents, exposes and opposes violations of human rights by Malaysian authorities.
Several Borneo Project partners are now implementing reforestation, agroforestry, and rainforest protection in Sarawak and Sabah
Excellent information and advocacy for the indigenous peoples of Penninsular Malaysia.
English language website on the Institut's research, publications, forums and networks.
A West Kalimantan NGO coordinating community-based environmental stewardship, including marketing of sustainable forest honey.
Advocacy, campaigns, and a grassroots network of environmental activism across Indonesia
Grassroots network of indigneous communities across Indonesia
The internet-only news outlet has been growing in popularity as a place to read Malaysian news without a pro-governmental bias. However, because of this, the Malaysian government has started turning the screws on them. Articles in Malaysian and English.
A Sarawak based server with many interesting features, including links to many Sarawakian home pages.
Site contains exerpts from this book by Wade Davis, Ian Mackenzie and Shane Kennedy.
Stories & photos from his time in Sarawak as a Peace Corps Volunteer, 1970-1972.
International Indigenous Rights Organizations
Supporting Indigenous Peoples to Defend Their Rights. Produced "Palmed Off", a documentary on the social impacts of oil palm agribusiness, and the report "Losing Ground: The human rights impacts of oil palm expansion in Indonesia" (2008).
Supporting forest peoples' rights. Website includes excellent reports on forest peoples issues in Sarawak.
endorse and promote indigenous peoples' right to self-determination, their cultural integrity and their right to development on their own conditions. In order to fulfil this mission, IWGIA works within a wide range of areas: documentation and publication, human rights, lobbying and advocacy, research and projects. This link will take you directly to their Malaysia page, and you can navigate to their homepage from there.
Down to Earth monitors and campaigns on the social and human implications of environmental issues in Indonesia. They have an informative newsletter now available on-line.
A long standing Japanese non-profit, focusing entirely on Sarawak issues. Their website is in Japanese.
A Japanese non-profit focusing on indigenous issues in Sarawak. They have a good section on the Penan, but the site hasn't been updated recently.
International Environmental Organizations
This worldwide organization has news archives for many countries, including Malaysia.
Supporters and close allies of the Borneo Project demonstrate all their worldwide efforts.
They are our parent organization, and their site links to many other projects like ours. Also, don't miss the excellent Earth Island Journal.
Mongabay.com seeks to raise interest in and appreciation of wild lands and wildlife, while examining the impact of emerging trends in climate, technology, economics, and finance on conservation and development. Has excellent information and news on Borneo rainforests and conservation.
Hundreds of articles on the forests of these two countries, updated daily.