In the span of a lifetime the world's oldest and richest ecosystem is being ripped apart - a 180 million year old forest is being destroyed in one human generation.
Please help now
Nowhere in the world is a time frame for sucessfully resolving an environmental and human rights issue more urgent. Within a few short years, at the current rate of logging, Sarawak's ancient forest will be gone.
The World Rainforest Movement predicts that unless a moratorium is imposed on Sarawak logging within the next 12 to 18 months, the Penan people and their culture will perish. The survival of the Penan symbolizes the survival of all humanity.
Their loss is our loss; their future portends our own.
Support the Penan Emergency Relief Fund
The Penan people are facing serious food shortages as their forest is destroyed. Medication is urgently neede for infectious diseases in the resettlement camps and hand-powered water filters are critical to make the logging induced polluted rivers drinkable.
Consider your roll as a consumer
Thinking about buying a new car or stereo? You might want to think twice about buying anything bearing the name "Mazda" or "Mitsubishi".
According to the Japan Timber Importers Association, C.Itoh & Company, the Sumitomo Company and the Mitsubishi Corporation are among the leading importers of logs from Sarawak.
Join the European community in their boycott of Malaysian timber and refuse te eat at restaurants which use disposable chopsticks.
