Over 200 years ago, a Spanish botanist described Artocarpus odoratissimus, a species of fruit-bearing tree found in Borneo and the Philippines. The Iban people, who are Indigenous to Borneo, know the ...

In Indonesian Borneo, a community of Indigenous Dayak Iban have fought for the past four decades to protect vast swaths of rainforest that are home to a diverse number of songbirds. For the Sungai ...

When he was one of the owners of Printers Inc. Bookstore, Gerry Masteller lived in a world of books. Now he's trying to read meanings in the curlicues of a tall Indonesian ceremonial cloth. He stands ...

Gawai, Sarawak’s annual harvest festival, will be celebrated this Sunday. Considered the biggest celebration in the state, it is observed with much fervour among the Dayaks – the collective name for ...

Local people have mapped their customary forest but still must deal with companies who are given permits to exploit their land. Residents derive a variety of benefits from the surrounding environment, ...

On October 20, 2022, Jeffery Nang, chief of the Rumah Jeffrey people in Malaysia, went to a community meeting and was handed a letter by a government official in Sarawak, a state on the island of ...