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The WorldFish Center, headquartered on the island of Penang, Malaysia, is a world-class scientific research organization whose mission is to reduce poverty and hunger by improving fisheries and aquaculture.
The WorldFish Center is accepting applications for the position of Senior Gender…
In this June 5, 2013 photo, farmers prepare the soil for planting rice in a field which was confiscated in 1992 by the Myanmar security forces in Dala, southeast of Yangon Myanmar. About three hundred farmers led by social-justice activists entered the 500-acres (2-square kilometer) land on June 5…
By: Rowena Dela Rosa Yoon
Date: March 22nd 2016
Source: Asian Correspondent
SARAWAK’S controversial mega-dams project is officially dead – ending a three-year battle to stop developmental aggression.
The Sarawak state government has finally bowed to pressure from local communities who have been…
By: Ruben Sario
Date: March 23rd 2016
Source: The Star
KOTA KINABALU: A festive atmosphere prevailed outside the Kota Kinabalu court complex here after a court initiated mediation resolved a Native Customary Rights (NCR) land dispute dating back 15 years.
Members of the Kadazandusun community…
By: Philip Jacobson
Date: March 5th 2016
Source: Mongabay
Strict action from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.
The green image of one of Malaysia’s largest conglomerates suffered a major blow on Friday with its suspension from the world’s largest association for ethical palm oil…
By: Rhett Butler
Date: March 28th 2016
Source: Mongabay
The controversial Baram dam has been officially canceled after years of opposition from local indigenous people.
While the project's cancellation had been reported in late 2015, last month the Sarawak government officially repealed the…
By: Bernama
Date: April 8th 2016
Source: Borneo Post Online
PUTRAJAYA: A working committee has been set up to ensure the 50 recommendations by the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) after an inquiry process into the land rights of indigenous peoples of Malaysia are carried out within the…
By: Zikri Kamarulzaman
Date: May 5th 2016
Source: Malaysiakini
S'WAK POLLS The Sarawak BN government today awarded individual land rights to 373 squatters in rural Miri, who will now be relocated to proper housing in the satellite town of Tudan.
The recipients were from three squatter villages in…
By: Adam Vaughan
Date: May 9th 2016
Source: The Guardian
Malaysian palm giant, IOI, lost business after it was suspended from the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil’s certification scheme over deforestation allegations in Indonesia
One of the world’s largest palm oil producers is suing the…
Authors: John F. McCarthy and Rob Cramb
Date: June 6th, 2016
Source: Southeast Asia Globe
Amid the fastest rural transformation Malaysia and Indonesia have ever seen, big business is pushing back against efforts to overhaul the palm oil industry
In April, two very different public figures made…
By: Sharon Ling
Date: June 21st 2016
Source: The Star Online
KUCHING: PKR politician Bill Kayong, who was shot dead in Miri on Tuesday morning, was a “fearless” advocate of native land rights.
Sarawak PKR chairman Baru Bian (pic) said Kayong, 43, was a vocal activist for Sarawak’s indigenous…
By: Beh Lih YiDate: Tuesday, 21 June 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The gunning down of a Malaysian opposition politician follows his campaigning for indigenous land rights
A Malaysian opposition politician who had campaigned for indigenous land rights was shot dead on Tuesday…