Malaysia: Victory For Borneo Tribe Over Oil Palm Goliath

Malaysia: Victory For Borneo Tribe Over Oil Palm Goliath   A small group of Borneo hunter-gatherers have scored a major victory over a giant oil palm firm that was targeting their rainforest.   Survival International revealed last month that the Malaysian firm Shin Yang was clearing forest and planting oil palm in an area where members of the Penan tribe were due to be resettled, to make way for the Murum dam.   Now the company has announced that it has halted work in the area ‘pending...

For the rest of the article, as well as maps, images, related items, and videos, please visit Indigenous Peoples Issues & Resources.