Indonesia indigenous peoples see Jokowi’s omnibus bill as threat to their land
The Jakarta Post Fri, March 13, 2020 Indigenous Sabuai people block heavy equipment from doing what they consider to be illegal logging on their customary land and forest on Seram […]
Environmental Activist Faces Arrest in Myanmar’s Karen State, Rights Groups Object
By Lawi Weng the Irrawaddy Tue, March 10, 2020 Saw Tha Phoe, a Karen environmentalist. / Save the Salween Network / Facebook HPA-AN TOWNSHIP, Myanmar – Right groups have asked […]
In eyeing Kuala Langat development, conservationists say Selangor government risks floods and destruction
BY SYED JAYMAL ZAHIID Malay Mail Monday, March 9, 2020 Local Temuan tribes said it could mount a legal challenge against what they saw was encroachment on their ancestral land. […]
Another Volcano Threatening to Erupt on Java Island
BY :ANTARA PHOTO JAKARTA GLOBE THU, MARCH 5, 2020 LUMAJANG, Indonesia – Mount Semeru in Lumajang, East Java, has shown increasing volcanic activities in the past week, eight times spewing out incandescent […]
Cambodia short film Uncle Elephant makes way to festival in New York City
Khouth Sophak Chakrya | The Phnom Penh Post Wed, February 26, 2020 This now brings Uncle Elephant’s total festival showings to four. The video shows conservation work being carried out […]
Indonesia Launches Circular Economy Initiative With Denmark, UNDP
BY :NUR YASMIN JAKARTA GLOBE TUE, FEBRUARY 25, 2020 Danish Ambassador for Indonesia Rasmus A. Kristensen, left, and UNDP Indonesia representative Cristophe Bahuet at the signing ceremony for Indonesia’s circular […]
Malaysia’s 250 Orang Asli (Indigenous People) protest against degazetting of Kuala Langat forest reserve
Bernama Free Malaysia Today Wed, February 26, 2020 The Orang Asli protesting against the proposed degazetting of the Hutan Simpan Kuala Langat Utara forest reserve. SHAH ALAM, Malaysia: The […]
Indonesia Climate Emergency Protest
BY :ANTARA PHOTO JAKARTA GLOBE SUN, FEBRUARY 23, 2020 Climate change protesters at a rally on Jalan Sudirman in Central Jakarta on Sunday. (Antara Photo/M. Risyal Hidayat) JAKARTA, Indonesia – […]
Indonesia’s Maluku indigenous people arrested amid conflict with company over disputed forest
Belseran Christ The Jakarta Post Fri, February 21, 2020 Indigenous people in Sabuai village, Eastern Seram regency in Maluku hold a customary ritual in a forest area they claim as […]
ASEAN Digest 