Long Lamam News Today

UPPER BARAM, Malaysia — When James Nyurang became headman of Tanjong Tepalit village in 2008, he learned from his predecessor — and father — of the terms set by timber giant Samling Group. When the company began cutting trees and leveling roads in Tanjong Tepalit in the 1990s, the headman of this Kenyah Indigenous village […]

ANN/THE STAR – Closing the gap between urban and rural areas in Sarawak became a driving force for three remarkable women – Anna Wee, Doreen Ho, and Elaine Chan – leading them to establish Barefoot Mercy (BFM) in 2011. Their primary objectives were to bring rural electrification and establish community education centres. Anna Wee vividly […]

From providing electricity to reinforcing tribal skills, this SGHA winner continues to make a difference in the lives of the people.

Malaysian timber giant Samling has removed logging equipment from a long-disputed area in Sarawak state’s Upper Baram Forest Area, in what the Penan Indigenous community is calling a win for forest protection. In May and June, organizations monitoring some of the last untouched forest in the Bornean state captured satellite and drone imagery they say […]

Indigenous Penan communities have put a temporary stop to logging of the mountain Batu Siman in northern Sarawak, a Malaysian state on the island of Borneo,