Freelance science journalist in Malaysia. Also editor of Macaranga.org, an environmental journalism portal focused on Malaysia.
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For 16 months, indigenous Orang Asli villagers of Kampung Mesau in Malaysia have been living at a fork in a logging road. In the Chini-Bera forests in Pahang, they have built a wooden blockade to stop loggers from entering the thick forests north of…
October 29, 2022
Article at South China Morning Post
RICE COOKS in a soot-covered pot behind Rani Jilal. The 72-year-old man sits on bare ground in his hut. He is a senior member of the Temoq Orang Asli of Kampung Mesau in the Chini-Bera forests, Pahang. Behind Rani, the boiling rice spills out of the…
October 19, 2022
Article at Macaranga
A PROPOSED 8,498 ha oil palm project in Pahang occupies a key location in Peninsular Malaysia’s wildlife habitats and forest landscape. The project site sits in the centre of the Chini-Bera forest complex, according to the Master Plan for Ecological…
October 12, 2022
YP Olio Sdn Bhd has just received approval from the Department of Environment to turn a sprawling forest in Pahang into oil palm. But evidence suggests the plantation will fail to get mandatory certification and license. So, why cut the forest? Part…
Critics say clearance of thousands of hectares of natural growth forest has destroyed crucial habitats in one of the world’s most biodiverse nations. Kelantan, Malaysia – When Sia Beng Hok goes to check his rubber and batai (Moluccan albizia) trees,…
July 27, 2022
Article at Al Jazeera
Satellite images show hundreds of hectares of trees cleared from a site by a company Johor’s royal family part owns, without the proper approvals Locals say nearby plantations turned rivers itchy, sour and at times coffee-black – and drove elephants…
July 24, 2022
Authorities have supported forest plantations as a source of sustainable timber supply, but increasingly need to deal with non-compliant planters Indigenous villagers in Kelantan state say they are deprived of what they need for their daily lives and…
April 25, 2022
This is Part 3 of our four-part #LadangHutan series. ON A NOVEMBER afternoon after a drizzle, planter Sia Beng Hock stands by a dirt road in the Relai Forest Reserve, Kelantan. Around him, batai trees (Falcataria moluccana, also Paraserianthes…
March 09, 2022
IN MALAYSIA, forest reserves can be selectively logged. Clear-felling was prohibited in forest reserves (“reserves”) except for developing limited plots of forest plantations. That changed when the National Land Council extended a warm welcome to…
March 02, 2022
Malaysia Forest reserves in northeastern Johor are shrinking due to land clearing linked to economic projects, prompting concerns over elephant-human conflicts Experts say the deforestation of an area with a rich biodiversity is alarming and runs…
October 17, 2021
The Jemaluang and Tenggaroh forest reserves once blanketed the northeastern coast of Johor. Side by side, the reserves stretched 25 km long and 11 km wide. This year, the Jemaluang reserve would have been 98 years old, and Tenggaroh 70. But six years…
September 21, 2021
State gazettes, forestry statistics, and satellite imagery – all the data we reported for our story on forest management, is public. Get them here. (Image: Terengganu state gazette on forest reserve changes.) The above Google Drive link contains all…
August 11, 2021
In their own words, state forestry directors in Peninsular Malaysia tell us their major achievements in the last two decades. IN PENINSULAR Malaysia, state governments and their agencies control forests. About 85% of the forests are classified as…
What matters in forest management, and which state does it well? A story built on 20 years of forestry data in Peninsular Malaysia. (Cover photo: From Bukit Awan to Gunung Tahan, by SK Chong) Can you guess what this square shows? It represents the…
一个位于彭亨州的种植项目将砍伐大约85平方公里的森林。居住当地的原住民自2019年就反对此项目。然而,发展商获得了有原住民签名的同意书,显得居民似乎转态支持伐木及种植项目了。到底这些同意书背后的真相是什么呢? 原著:刘耀华;翻译:万绮珊 奥玛拉尼(Omar Rani)是一名来自彭亨Kampung Berengoi的原住民。他和村里的原住民都是文盲。他们自称:“我们从未上过学。” 去年,他们被要求签署一封同意书,以获得YP…
July 02, 2021
Sebuah projek perladangan di Pahang akan membasmi hutan primer seluas 85km2. Projek ini dibantah oleh penduduk Orang Asli sejak 2019. Namun demikian, terdapat dua surat persetujuan yang ditandatangani penduduk Orang Asli yang kononnya menyuarakan…
June 25, 2021
A plantation project in Pahang wants to clear almost 85km2 of primary forest. The Orang Asli who live on the site have been protesting the logging since 2019. But there are two letters signed by the illiterate villagers which purportedly show their…
Omar Rani is an Orang Asli who lives in the village of Kampung Berengoi in the Malaysian state of Pahang. Omar and his fellow villagers, also members of the indigenous group, are illiterate – or as they put it: “We haven’t gone to school”. Last year,…
June 21, 2021
Article at Southeast Asia Globe
Last year, the world lost 12% more tropical forest than it did in 2019, according to satellite census by forest monitoring platform Global Forest Watch. Malaysia bucked the global trend: it lost less. In fact, Malaysia has trimmed its primary forest…
May 05, 2021
Last year, tropical forest loss increased worldwide but Malaysia cut down less than it did the previous year, the fourth year it has done so. What explains this good news? Last year, the world lost 12% more tropical forest than it did in 2019,…
April 27, 2021
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