@theborneoproject: DEFORESTATION ALERT: We’re here in the Belaga region of Sarawak watching deforestation happen in real time. Here you can see logs taken from an area of land that is set to be cleared for a new bamboo plantation. This new license covers an area of 44,000 hectares of tropical rainforest. Documents obtained by The Borneo Project show that the company, Rich Venture, wants to establish 20,000 hectares of commercial bamboo plantations here. At least 7 local villages here vehemently oppose the project. The communities in this area were displaced to make way for this hydroelectric dam, leaving them only a tiny area of hunting and farming grounds around the edge. To add insult to injury, this project threatens to wipe out the little land they have left. Drone footage shared with us shows that clearing is already underway. Local communities have filed a police report, and sent complaints to the forest department and the Sarawak government, calling for this madness to end. Read our full deforestation alert at borneoproject.org.

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Wednesday 08 October 2025 22:34:40 GMT