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[ [link removed] ]Locals take part in a demonstration in Malaysian Borneo to defend their
homes.

 

John,

Brave Indigenous forest defenders are risking everything to stop palm oil
giants from decimating their native homeland in Malaysian Borneo. And
they’ve come to us with a desperate plea for help.

Palm oil plantations are destroying massive swaths of the Ulu Belaga
Forest at breakneck speed. Local communities quickly losing their
livelihoods and access to food and fresh water came together to fight
back, mobilizing the public and starting a blockade. But as their movement
grew more powerful, so did the target on their backs.

Then, last month, the villagers were hauled into the police station and
forced to sign documents agreeing to their own arrest. Now they need to
quickly hire lawyers and map their sacred forest to fight back – and
protect their right to peacefully protest deforestation on their own
land. But they can’t afford to do it alone.

Can you chip in now to help these villagers – and fight against corporate
bullies everywhere?



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The whole thing is incredibly shady. The Malaysian government promised to
stop all new deforestation for oil palm expansion in 2018, prompting the
palm oil company to claim it had stopped all new deforestation. But
satellite data and footage from drones (funded by all of us!!) shows
forests are still quickly being destroyed. 

14,000 football fields worth of forest are already gone…and the local
community is risking everything to protect what remains. 

At the end of last year, villagers put their bodies on the line to block
entry to the plantation. Their courageous actions caught the attention of
elected officials, who called on the government to formally halt the
plantation’s deforestation activities. But as the forest defenders grow
more and more powerful, the palm oil company’s threats and intimidation
only grow. 

Now, they’re facing a major legal battle, but there’s one major problem:
many cannot afford legal assistance. And without it, they’ll have to
abandon their fight. 

The palm oil giants responsible hope that these intimidation tactics will
silence the villagers for good. But what they don’t know is that OUR
movement has their backs and will come together to help keep their fight
going. Will you urgently chip in just a little to fight against corporate
bullies everywhere?



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 Your donation will help power Ekō and our campaigns worldwide fighting
for people and the planet.



  Thanks for all that you do,  
Allison and the Ekō team



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More information:

[ [link removed] ]Long Urun residents call for S’wak govs intervention to halt
deforestation in Upper Belaga River Dayak Daily 28 December 2024

[ [link removed] ]The Promise of ‘No Deforestation’: Sarawak’s Forests Tell a Different
Story The Borneo Project 07 January 2025

 

 

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