‘Heart of Borneo’ dams raze Indigenous forests for Indonesia green energy drive

‘Heart of Borneo’ dams raze Indigenous forests for Indonesia green energy drive

MALINAU, Indonesia — Indonesia is pressing ahead with construction of a new network of dams in Borneo to power a major “green” industrial estate that will relocate Indigenous communities and cut into one of Asia’s largest stretches of intact rainforest. “Finding fish and animals has already become difficult,” Yusmarang, a member of North Kalimantan’s Punan Indigenous community, told Mongabay Indonesia. Last year, Mongabay reported from Malinau d…

Indigenous peoples raise alarm over rising rights violations

By CHANTAL ECO MANILA – They are the stewards of the country’s last remaining forests, protectors of sacred watersheds, and bearers of centuries-old knowledge about land and life. But across the Philippine archipelago, Indigenous Peoples are being pushed out of their ancestral lands, criminalized, and, in many cases, killed—sacrificed in the name of so-called development. In a report submitted to the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the…

Environmental authorities denounce illegal logging in the Cordillera Azul National Park, where they cut native species for agricultural crops. The Regional Environmental Authority (ARA) of San Martín has just denounced the illegal logging of two hectares of primary forest in Alto Ojecillo. Within the buffer zone of the Cordillera Azul National Park, one of the most important natural reserves in the Peruvian Amazon. The invaders razed centuries-o…

‘Heart of Borneo’ dams raze Indigenous forests for Indonesia green energy drive - EnviroLink Network

MALINAU, Indonesia — Indonesia is pressing ahead with construction of a new network of dams in Borneo to power a major “green” industrial estate that will relocate Indigenous communities and cut into one of Asia’s largest stretches of intact rainforest. “Finding fish and animals has already become difficult,” Yusmarang, a member of North Kalimantan’s Punan Indigenous community, told Mongabay Indonesia. Last year, Mongabay reported from Malinau di