Penan – ‘Our forests are disappearing’
Nine Penan leaders from Sarawak, Malaysia, told visitors to the World Rainforest Music Festival this month that their rainforest home was disappearing.
News from the Penan
Penan defy police with more blockades
Five new blockades have been set up by Penan tribal communities in the Malaysian province of Sarawak in an attempt to stop loggers destroying their forest homes.
Armed police dismantle Penan logging blockade
Malaysian police in Sarawak have for a second time dismantled a blockade set up by members of the Penan tribe to protect their rainforest land from logging by Malaysian company Samling.
Penan rebuild blockade
Members of the Penan tribe have rebuilt their logging blockade, a month after it was dismantled by police and loggers.
Police clear Penan blockade
Members of a nomadic tribe who had been preventing loggers from bulldozing their rainforest home for two years have had their blockade dismantled by Malaysian police.
Tribe holds out against loggers
A small group of nomads on the island of Borneo are continuing to defy loggers targeting their rainforest home.
Penan We will keep on the struggle for our forest forever
Malaysian logging company Interhill has dismantled a road blockade mounted in Sarawak by members of the Penan tribe to prevent the company cutting down their forest.
Penan tribe protest at logging
Hundreds of Penan hunter-gatherers have signed a letter of protest about a logging permit awarded to a notorious timber company.