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Helping #Borneo's #rainforest communities protect their lands, livelihoods, and cultures for generations to come. #StopTheChop

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Today, hundreds of Indigenous people are marching through Miri, Sarawak — from the heart of their communities to the Miri High court.

The Perarakan Solidariti Orang Asal Sarawak (Sarawak Indigenous Solidarity March) is a powerful reminder that the fight for Ancestral Domain and Indigenous rights is not a local story. It’s a national and global one.

Organised by a coalition of 15 civil society organisations, today’s march will deliver a landmark Sarawak Native Rights memorandum to the State and Federal Government, calling for formal legal recognition of Orang Asal rights.

We stand in solidarity with every person who walked today. 🌿✊

📽️@izzysasada taken in Miri, Sarawak by @borneoproject

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“These remaining lands are our replacement. We already lost our land to the dam”
— Denis Hang Bilang

Read the full story at the link in our bio.

📷 @benhuntphotography taken in Sarawak, Malaysia by @borneoproject

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Stupid economic policy decisions = short term gain for long term pain. taken in Uma Daro Sungai Asap by @borneoproject

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What do you get when the Premier is besties with the guy doing all the deforestation? You get more greenlighting and greenwashing, that’s what!

Read the full story at the link in our bio. @abg.johari taken in Sarawak, Malaysia by @borneoproject

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Communities are calling on the government to protect what is left of their Native Customary Lands, not demolish them for a bamboo plantation.

Read the full press release at the link in our bio.

📷 @benhuntphotography taken in Sungai Asap by @borneoproject

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Saving the forests of Upper Baram should be such a no brainer. A little heart and a little courage and the Sarawak government could have got it done. Instead, they opened up the Baram Peace Park’s core primary forest zone for logging once again. For shame. taken in Sarawak, Malaysia by @borneoproject

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17 days ago

Drop a 🐻 if this made your day. taken in Sarawak, Malaysia by @borneoproject

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18 days ago

We've just come back from Sarawak, where haze from fires across the border has left the region gasping for air. Read our op-ed on the unfolding crisis in Borneo at the link in our bio.

Photos from Long Jawe by @izzysasada + Satellite imagery from @globalnaturewatch and @planetlabs taken in Sarawak, Malaysia by @borneoproject

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“When people ask us, what does this land mean to you?

The only answer we can give, is that it means everything.”

Communities in the Upper Baram region of Sarawak are working together to protect their forests.

Our midyear appeal will fund forest protection teams who are ready to go right now.

Thanks to our incredible community, we’re already halfway to our fundraising goal of $80,000. With a matching grant in place, all donations between now and the end of the month are doubled.

Anything you can give moves this vital work forward. Head to borneoproject.org and click the donate button to find all the ways to give. 🙏

📷 Editing support thanks to
@gabyazopardo @puentesfran taken in Long Moh, Sarawak, Malaysia by @borneoproject

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3 months ago

Forest protection teams in Upper Baram know exactly what is needed to protect their land. They’ve kicked the loggers out before and now they’re bracing for a new threat.

We are urgently fundraising to support rapid response teams. Right now, every gift is doubled by a matching grant, up to $40,000. Please give today to help this last line of defense against forest destruction.

Go to borneoproject.org/ways-to-give/ to find all the ways to donate. taken in Sarawak, Malaysia by @borneoproject

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Uncertified logging by Borneoland Timber Resources is closing in on Long Semiyang — an Indigenous community on the Upper Baram river. Communities are calling for this license to be revoked.

Share their message: Borneoland out!

Read the full deforestation alert at the link in our bio.

@anwaribrahim_my @abg.johari @forest_department_sarawak @mtcc_my

Photo credit for Long Semiyang portrait by @izzysasada by @borneoproject

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What we’re seeing right now in Sarawak is shocking. Uncertified logging by Borneoland Timber Resources is closing in on Long Semiyang — an Indigenous community on the Upper Baram river. Communities are calling for this license to be revoked.

Share their message: Borneoland out!

Read the full deforestation alert at the link in our bio.

@anwaribrahim_my @abg.johari @forest_department_sarawak @mtcc_my taken in Sarawak, Malaysia by @borneoproject

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