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28 July 2020
The second round of LAND-at-scale resulted in 24 ideas submitted by 19 Dutch embassies. The LAND-at-scale Committee selected 6 most promising ideas to develop further.
LAND-at-scale is a government programme that contributes to improving land governance. The programme supports economic development…
14 July 2020
Concession to extract timber from 148,000 hectares in upper Baram was granted despite repeated objections from local communities.
Main photo: Communities like Long Tungan are working hard to find a way to protect their lands and save some of the most valuable carbon and biodiversity stocks we have…
2 June 2020
Last year the world lost some 119,000 square kilometers (45,946 square miles) of tree cover – an area the size of Nicaragua – according to satellite data collated by the University of Maryland (UMD) released today by World Resources Institute (WRI). Almost a third of that loss – or an area the size…
27 September 2019
A film about one of the world's last hunter-gatherer tribes living in Malaysia's rainforest premiers on Thursday, with its indigenous actors urging authorities to formally grant them land rights after a decades-long battle.
Paradise War, which debuts at the Zurich Film Festival, follows the 1984…
22 July 2019
KUALA LUMPUR (July 22): Primary Industries Minister Teresa Kok has come out to respond to allegations by environmental group Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) that native customary land rights (NCR) are being violated in the palm oil industry.
In a statement today, Kok reiterated that it is mandatory for…
19 July 2019
O Centro Regional do Sudeste Asiático para Pós-Graduação e Pesquisa em Agricultura (SEARCA) está aceitando inscrições para seu programa de Subsídio de Viagem para reforçar os esforços e recursos do Centro na promoção do desenvolvimento agrícola e rural inclusivo e sustentável (ISARD) para a…
11 July 2019
Cultivos pobres em alimento para insetos polinizadores ameaçam a sobrevivência destes últimos e reduzem o potencial das safras.
O interesse ocidental por monoculturas de produtos como soja, café, laranja e outras frutas cítricas está ameaçando a segurança alimentar global, de acordo com um…
28 April 2019
MIRI: A group of Malay villagers in Kampung Usahajaya Tukau near Miri held a peaceful demonstration Sunday (April 28) to highlight their fears over their fate.
The villagers said they have received news that a private developer had acquired a parcel of land for development and that their village…
27 February 2019
Sarawak: The Sarawak government’s strategy for economic growth through commercial development of agricultural land has resulted in vast areas of land being opened for large-scale plantations, including oil palm. In some places this has affected lands subject to ‘native customary land rights’.…
19 February 2019
A few re-alignments have been made on the federal front, but following May 9th, business has continued as usual in Sarawak, the only state not to hold its local elections at the same time.
And business as usual means that those families and cronies linked to former Chief Minister and present…
5 February 2019
PETALING JAYA: The Orang Asli community in Grik today claimed that the Perak government has encroached onto their land to carry out logging, barely a month after Putrajaya sued the Kelantan government for a similar alleged infraction.
Villagers from Kampung Tasik Cunex Grik have set up a blockade…
18 January 2019
The suit seeks the legal recognition of the Temiar Orang Asli's land rights
BANGKOK, Jan 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The Malaysian government said on Friday it would sue the local government of Kelantan state for failing to uphold the land rights of its indigenous people, a move that…