Deforestation and illegal evictions threaten Malaysia’s Indigenous peoples. Story by Anita Hofschneider • 41m. O n October 20, 2022, Jeffery Nang, chief of the Rumah Jeffrey people in Malaysia ...

Deforestation and illegal evictions threaten Malaysia’s Indigenous peoples New report says the government ignores local and international laws that protect Indigenous rights.

Dressed in colourful costumes, some sporting feathered headgear and traditional swords, several thousand of Malaysia's ethnic ...

The region is home to between 90 and 125 million Indigenous people. Their concerns need to be reflected in the bloc’s policies. People of the Bidayuh tribe, a people Indigenous to Malaysia’s ...

PWOAM and eight other organisations that represent indigenous people in Malaysia - Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia (Joas), Partners of Community Organisations in Sabah (Pacos) Trust, Centre for ...

While Malaysia recognizes its indigenous peoples as Orang Asal natives or Orang Asli, it still faces challenges in respecting and protecting their rights. This is illustrated by the ongoing ...

Malaysia Department of Indigenous Peoples Development Changes May Ease Burdens of European Deforestation Regulation on Small Palm Farms, but Not the Confusion ...

Sarawak state laws fail to uphold Indigenous peoples’ rights to own, use, and control their ancestral territories. Sarawak’s laws impose an arbitrary 1,000-hectare cap on the area for which ...

Malaysia’s chairmanship of ASEAN provides the region with the occasion to take a bold decision of elevating the much-ignored agenda of indigenous peoples within its policy-making.