Sarawak: JOAS Statement On Purported Forest Carbon Deal In Sarawak Involving Indigenous Peoples

Sarawak: JOAS Statement On Purported Forest Carbon Deal In Sarawak Involving Indigenous Peoples   On August 6, Reuters released a news article titled “Australia firm signs forest CO2 deal with Malaysia tribes”. On behalf of Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia / Indigenous Peoples Network of Malaysia (JOAS), we would like to state that our network is not involved in this and, to the best of our knowledge, we do not know which of the 24 villages (according to the news report) or 9 community leaders...

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