Upper Baram Forest Area set to launch

Communities from Upper Baram Forest Area welcome steps taken to realize the project, and hand over declaration to Forest Department Sarawak and International Tropical Timber Organization On March 20th in Kuching, Indigenous representatives participated in the Upper Baram Forest Area meeting with the Forest Department Sarawak and a representative from the International Tropical Timber Organization … Continue reading Upper Baram Forest Area set to launch

Swiss city to sponsor Sarawak forest conservation project

Basel mayor Beat Jans announces a $200,000 contribution to the International Tropical Timber Organization's (ITTO) Upper Baram Forest Management Area – 24 indigenous communities in Malaysian Borneo are to benefit from the conservation and sustainable development of their forest lands. (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) Today, the Swiss Canton of Basel-Stadt (City of Basel) announced a contribution of … Continue reading Swiss city to sponsor Sarawak forest conservation project

ITTO supports community forest conservation initiative in the Baram, Sarawak

The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) officially endorses the Baram Peace Park/Upper Baram Forest Area to protect the forest and support community livelihoods in Sarawak — at the same time, the timber company Samling continues to log the area.(Yokohama, Japan / Baram, Malaysia) The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) has endorsed the proposal for the … Continue reading ITTO supports community forest conservation initiative in the Baram, Sarawak