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“We can still catch up”: webinar explores biodiversity and climate change in light of COVID-19

14 September 2020

As the world struggles to deal with the shockwaves created by the Coronavirus pandemic, scientists have been drawing direct links between the emergence of new diseases, collapsing biodiversity and the destruction of vital forestlands which for generations have been stewarded by Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.


Amid Pandemic, Malaysia Grants Timber Giant Logging Permit on Indigenous Land in Borneo

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 left. Photo courtesy of The Borneo Project.

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