Communities within the Gerenai concession united against logging MIRI - Gerenai Community Rights Action Committee (GCRAC) which consist of disgruntled communities within the Gerenai concession has converged at Mega Hotel Miri, seeking answers as to how Samling was able to get the timber certification from the Malaysia Timber Certification Council (MTCC) when most of the … Continue reading MORE COMMUNITIES STEP UP TO CHALLENGE SAMLING
ABSENT FROM THEIR OWN SEMINAR: SAMLING CONTINUES TO IGNORE INDIGENOUS VOICES
Communities clearly demonstrate flaws in consultation process for timber certification during briefing at a hotel, but no one takes responsibility and questions are left unanswered. MIRI - Members of the communities within the Gerenai concession were invited by Samling, the owner of the Forest Management Unit (FMU), to attend a one day seminar, at Mega … Continue reading ABSENT FROM THEIR OWN SEMINAR: SAMLING CONTINUES TO IGNORE INDIGENOUS VOICES
BOGUS CONSULTATION PROCESS FOR TIMBER CERTIFICATION
Peter Kallang, SAVE Rivers Chairman, October 6th 2020 For many years my organisation, SAVE Rivers, has been working closely with indigenous communities in the Baram who feel threatened by dam proposals and logging activities on their land. For decades in Sarawak, the methods for obtaining free, prior and informed consent from our indigenous communities have been … Continue reading BOGUS CONSULTATION PROCESS FOR TIMBER CERTIFICATION
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