The Borneo Project

Not just pretty trees.

“Forests, which cover 4.14bn hectares (about a third of Earth’s land surface), store 714 gigatonnes of carbon and host up to 80% of the world’s terrestrial biodiversity. They also play an important role in regulating rainfall and in reducing hunger, with nearly one-third of the global population depending on them for livelihoods.”

UN warns of ‘narrowing window’ to restore world’s forests Food and Agriculture Organization urges governments to make forest restoration a national priority

SAM condemns barring of its President from Sarawak - Sahabat Alam Malaysia Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) strongly condemns the denial of entry into Miri, Sarawak of its President, Meenakshi Raman, today, 29 September 2026. Meena

Ridiculous treatment of the President of Friends of the Earth Malaysia Sahabat Alam Malaysia - SAM

SAM president denied entry into Sarawak, group demands answers Sahabat Alam Malaysia says Meenakshi Raman was given no prior notice or explanation for the restriction.

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.

“Via satellite imagery and community testimonies, the report documents an increase in logging paths into the core primary forest of the Baram Peace Park area, threatening protected species including helmeted hornbills (Rhinoplax vigil), sun bears (Helarctos malayanus), and Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi).”

Via Mongabay.com

Logging still threatens Bornean forest once envisioned as an Indigenous-led peace park A conservation park that Indigenous communities from the Malaysian state of Sarawak believed they could co-manage and self-govern has been transformed into a timber concession and stripped of critical tree cover, according to a recently published report. A group of civil society organizations based....

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.

“It takes five and a half hours by boat across the Bakun reservoir to reach Long Jawe, a remote Indigenous village on the reservoir’s furthest inlet. When we arrived, our boat driver’s dogs came down to meet him. They were up to their necks in mud, trudging through it to reach the bank.

In this work, it’s usually the scale of forest destruction that leaves me breathless. This time it was something else. I’ve just come back from Sarawak, where haze from fires across the border in Kalimantan has choked nearly the whole island of Borneo. Watching those dogs wade to shore, it was hard to shake the feeling that we are all up to our necks in this now.”

When the Rains Don’t Come: El Niño and the Crisis Unfolding in Borneo - The Borneo Project Originally published in Malaysiakini. It takes five and a half hours by boat across the Bakun reservoir to reach Long Jawe, a remote Indigenous village on the reservoir's furthest inlet. When we arrived, our boat driver's dogs came down to meet him. They were up to their necks in mud, trudging throu...