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Tokyo 2020 Olympics overshadowed by rainforest destruction
20.12.2019SDGs Undermined; NGOs Demand Accountability from Tokyo 2020 Organizers
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Bruno Manser feature film to open Zurich Film Festival
24.09.2019Major Swiss movie production honours missing rainforest advocate Bruno Manser.
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Sarawak natives challenge Malaysia’s palm oil industry
06.08.2019Indigenous Penan and Berawan communities file lawsuit against palm oil development destroying rainforests near the UNESCO-protected Gunung Mulu National Park
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Oligarch’s resort plans threaten primeval beech forests
18.06.2019A planned mega ski resort in the Ukrainian Carpathians threatens some of Europe’s last primeval beech forests.
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Taib daughter loses in Swiss court - again
23.05.2019Basel Court of Appeal confirms ruling against Jamilah Taib Murray and her Canadian real estate firm Sakto Corporation – Sarawak Governor’s daughter fails to obtain injunction against the Bruno Manser Fund over money-laundering allegations
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191,000 say no to Mulu oil palm plantation
08.05.2019Sarawak activists file petition with Malaysian Embassy in Brussels
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The Mulu Land Grab
07.05.2019New report details multiple legal breaches with oil palm development in Malaysian Borneo
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Sarawak activists take Mulu oil palm struggle to Europe
05.05.2019Indigenous representatives embark on a multi-city lobby tour to expose detrimental oil palm expansion in Malaysian Borneo
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UN body opens case file about planned construction of Svydovets tourism complex in Ukraine
25.04.2019A planned mega ski resort in the Ukrainian Carpathians is suspected to cause significant transboundary environmental impacts – The Espoo Convention has opened a case file to investigate whether Ukraine complies with international obligations on environmental protection.
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Canadian ex-general intervened with OECD procedure on behalf of Taib daughter
22.03.2019Jamilah Taib’s “friend“, former Canadian Forces Lieutnant-General and MP Andrew Leslie, may have helped scuttle review of Ottawa-based Sakto Corporation
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Palm oil traders alerted over Double Dynasty’s link to Mulu rainforest destruction
21.03.2019US-based environmental watchdog issues a Rapid Response alert to palm oil traders
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Local people speak out against the project of a mega ski resort in the Ukrainian Carpathians
19.03.2019Local people and international environmental activists from 12 different countries attended the first public debate on Svydovets in one of the villages affected by a planned mega ski resort. The gigantic project threatens the primeval forests of the Ukrainian Carpathians.
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Ministers, communities and international experts agree on way forward in renewable energy
18.03.2019Large dams can only serve as last resort, acknowledged the Malaysian Ministry of the Environment.
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Sarawak PKR leadership endorses plight of the Mulu communities
17.03.2019Mulu natives meet Malaysian Minister of Works Baru Bian and State Assemblyman See Chee How in Kuching
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Conference calls for Sarawak to collaborate on clean energy
15.03.2019Malaysia civil society organizations brought together government officials, international and local energy experts, industry representatives, and grassroots communities for the Clean Energy Collaboration, Kuching to discuss concrete pathways to achieve economically and environmentally sustainable energy systems.
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Sarawak indigenous leaders call on EU, importers to put palm oil purchases on hold
06.03.2019Indigenous leaders appeal to foreign embassies over Mulu deforestation as Malaysia announces further expansion of oil palm plantations until 2023
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Singapore bank accused of funding Borneo rainforest destruction
27.02.2019United Overseas Bank (UOB) agreed to lend USD 31.775 million to Malaysian oil palm company for controversial plantation in Sarawak
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Sarawak Governors son linked to Mulu oil palm disaster
24.02.2019Mahmud Abu Bekir Taib controlled Radiant Lagoon until recently
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Mulu logging continues despite protests
21.02.2019Oil palm company accused of destroying 300-year old gravesite
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Malaysian Minister "very concerned" about Mulu deforestation
19.02.2019Teresa Kok, Minister of Primary Industries, promises to hold the Sarawak state government accountable
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Shocking video shows struggle against Mulu oil palm plantation
18.02.2019International petition aims at halting rainforest destruction near the Mulu National Park
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Malaysian police threaten to arrest Penan leader over oil palm protest
17.02.2019Bruno Manser Fund calls on Malaysian authorities to stop all intimidations
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UNESCO World Heritage Site threatened by oil palm plantations
13.02.2019Bruno Manser Fund calls for an immediate halt to logging in the Mulu area
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Malaysian-Canadian real estate group ordered to pay 165,000 US$ to BMF
11.02.2019Ottawa-based Sakto Corporation and Malaysian politician's daughter fail with bid to obtain injunction against the Bruno Manser Fund over money-laundering allegations
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NGO Statement of Concern on Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ revised Timber Sourcing Code
30.01.2019NGOs are disappointed by the recent revision of Tokyo 2020 Olympics’ timber sourcing policy
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Village Micro Hydro Project as model for Sustainable Energy Future
14.01.2019Baram, Sarawak - In conjunction with the inauguration of a micro hydro project in the Baram area, SAVE Rivers launched a conference named “Clean Energy Collaboration” which will be held in Kuching in March 2019. The event will bring together key stakeholders for a discussion on sustainable and inclusive energy pathways for Sarawak and Malaysia.
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