World Rainforest Movement
Infrastructure From and For Forest Communities: The MicroHydro Power in Long Liam, Sarawak
Indigenous territories in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo, threatened by monoculture plantations
Malaysia: Stop recognising plantations as forests, FAO is told
Malaysia: Indigenous groups from around the globe discuss anti-dam struggles
Modern-day slavery in oil palm plantations: The outstanding cases of Malaysia and Indonesia
Mega-dams in Sarawak: how indigenous peoples rise to defend their rights
Malaysia: Penan indigenous peoples threatened by logging and mega dam
Malaysia: River siltation due to deforestation underlying severe floods in Sarawak
Malaysia: Indigenous Peoples call for a moratorium on large-scale tree plantations
Malaysia: The logging trail leading to tree monocultures in Sarawak
Malaysia: Severe health effects of pesticides on workers in oil palm plantations
Malaysia: Sarawak forest peoples harassed by logging and dams
Malaysia: Indonesian children and migrant workers enslaved in oil palm plantations
Malaysia: The long struggle of the Penan of Sarawak to protect their forest
Malaysia: Self-defense blockades from Sarawak indigenous peoples
Malaysia: Local organizations withdraw from certification process
Malaysia: Good news from Iban community but no news about Bruno Manser’s disappearance in Sarawak
Malaysia: Exporting social and environmental impacts of oil palm monocultures
Malaysia: The end of the GTZ-funded ‘FOMISS’ project in Sarawak
Malaysia: Resistance against logging and oil palm in Sarawak
Malaysia: Penan indigenous people and protected areas in Sarawak
Malaysia: How to destroy forests in Sarawak by planting trees
Malaysia: Campaign against plantation and pulp mill project in Sabah
Malaysia: who is defending the country’s sovereignty in Sarawak?
Malaysia: the “progress” brought by the Bakun dam in Sarawak
Malaysia: Oil palm development generates violence in Sarawak
An academic article from Janina Puder exposes how the palm oil industry in Malaysia heavily relies on the cheap labour of migrant workers in order to keep palm oil profitable and globally competitive. Palm oil is often associated with...
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EU’s restrictions on palm oil-based fuels are portrayed by the government of Malaysia as a threat to thousands of small holders relying on the industry. However, are the majority of oil palm smallholders and workers earning a handsome...
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A paper from researcher Carol Yong critically reviews issues of dam-induced displacement and resettlement of indigenous communities in Malaysia from a gender lens.To understand why compulsory land acquisition is traumatic for rural...
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Malaysian palm oil industry, which produces 40 per cent of the world’s palm oil supply, is growing but, according to labourers and activists interviewed by a Wall Street Journal report, also surrounded with abuses. Migrant workers,...
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An article from the recently launched book “Gender and Land Tenure in the context of Disaster in Asia”, examines the impact of changing land use and land tenure systems in Sarawak on human rights, livelihoods, and local gender...
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The recently released book “Money Logging” documents the local politics, international complicity and dedicated resistance in the struggle against the turning of Sarawak’s rainforests into a monoculture of oil palms and...
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WRM information sheets on GE tree research First posted: August 2014 Forest tree species being manipulated: Oil Palm Rubber Aim of genetic manipulation For GE Oil palm, obtain oil palms with high value-added fatty acids and novel...
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Commissioned by the Global Forest Coalition This report is based on 21 country case studies, including Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Czech republic, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Kenya,Malaysia, the Netherlands, New...
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MALAY. Apakah makna hutan bagi masyarakat tempatan? Hutan bermakna kehidupan Dan apa makna ladang hutan?
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