Oragnutans Rescued From Demand for Green Fuel- The Article from the Times of London

Orangutans rescued from demand for green fuel

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/world/africa/article3733619.ece

Sarawak Politics

The Video "Inside Malaysia's Shadow State" was released just a couple of weeks ago.  This video, make by a group called Global Witness, claims that members of the state government of the East Malaysian state of Sarawak and their families are getting rich by shady deals.  If this is true, then corruption becomes even a bigger problem to deal with when trying to deal with sustainability issues in the region. 

Videos

Inside Malaysia's Shadow State

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1RRNggnM6A

Taib Mahmud's Response

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8B6_0HOyI

Global Witness Follow Up Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdGqdtG6Vys

older video- 2011- Top TV Coverage In Canada, As Taibs' Wealth is Exposed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrZEVEKKwjA

Publications

In the future there will be no forests left

http://www.globalwitness.org/sites/default/files/HSBC-logging-briefing-FINAL-WEB.pdf

Articles

Global Witness Video Could Be Linked to Opposition, says Taib

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2013/3/24/sarawak/12881587&sec=sarawak

Global Witness and their Sarawak expose

http://hornbillunleashed.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/44121/

Taib Mahmud: The Malaysian Anti Corruption Committee (MACC) doesn't deserve my co-operation

http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/taib-mahmud-macc-doesnt-deserve-my-co-operation/

Taib: Video contens "manufactured" evidence

http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/04/02/taib-video-contents-manufactured-evidence/

Sustainable Use of Tropical Rainforest- EVHM Roundtable

The rainforest located near Kampung Lubbock (kl) in Sabah (Malaysian Borneo) has never been clear cut, but has provided provided food, fiber, and wood products to residents of kl for generations.  Today, government and coporate interests recognize the economic potential of converting the forest to oil palm plantations.  Not surprisingly, this plan has not been met with universal approval.

A representative of the WWF has suggested that the best way to proceed is to organize a meeting of potentially interested parties.

1) WWF

2) Malaysian Palm Oil Council

http://www.mpoc.org.my/

3)  Malaysian government official, from Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities

http://www.kppk.gov.my/index.php/en/

4) "Mayor" of kl (represents the interests of the "town")

5) representative of kl people who support the job opportunities of being oil palm workers

6) Orangutan Protection Foundation

http://www.opf.org/

7) expert from local university (Who should you invite??)

8) Sime Darby- the corportation that will build and manage the plantation
http://www.simedarby.com/

Breaking the Fossil Fuel Habit

Here is a link to an article "Breaking the Fossil Fuel Habit" written by Cutler Cleveland the founding Editor in Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth.

http://www.bu.edu/today/2013/the-climate-crisis-breaking-the-fossil-fuel-habit/

Sustainable Use of Tropical Rainforests- REDD

Articles

REDD- An Introduction

http://www.redd-monitor.org/redd-an-introduction/

Filling the REDD Basket: Complementary Funding Approaches

http://www.ucsusa.org/assets/documents/global_warming/TFCI_REDD-Basket.pdf

REDD Funding: The Horror Story that Isn't

http://www.ecosystemmarketplace.com/pages/dynamic/article.page.php?page_id=9320&section=news_articles&eod=1

Videos

Protecting Berau's (Kalimatan) Forests

http://www.nature.org/ourinitiatives/regions/asiaandthepacific/indonesia/explore/seeing-the-forest-for-the-trees.xml

UN-REDD Program in Action

http://www.unep.org/NewsCentre/videos/player_new.asp?w=320&h=240&f=/newscentre/videos/Redd/2010-8-11_UN-REDD_Programme_in_Action2.flv

A Darker Shade of Green

http://www.carbontradewatch.org/video/a-darker-shade-of-green-new-gjep-gfc-video-on-redd-released.html

Interesting Article: Ecotourism or Eco-Trespassing?

Orang Asli village in Taman Negara, peninsular Malaysia


Long House, Sarawak, Borneo Malaysia


http://www.wildasia.org/main.cfm/RTI/Eco-Trespassing%3F

Visit to village in Yap, Federated States of Micronesia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsEe0EqnY6g

Fiji, Village Visit

http://tv.kilroy.eu/video/814600/fiji-experience-visiting-a

Solomon Islands, Village Visit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=phtg6eHehKw&NR=1

Solomon Island, Music and Dance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFbmwD9kaVU

Sustainable Use of Tropical Rainforests

Sustainable Use of Tropical Rainforests
http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/sustainable-use-of-tropical-rainforests

For the first class after spring break please read and prepare to discuss the following articles-

Sustainable Palm Oil: Rainforest Savior or Fig Leaf?
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/sustainable_palm_oil_rainforest_savior_or_fig_leaf/2345/

Will REDD preserve forests or Merely Provide a Fig Leaf?
http://e360.yale.edu/feature/will_redd_preserve_forests_or_merely_provide_a_fig_leaf/2277/

No REDD platform issues wakeup call to funders.
http://www.redd-monitor.org/2011/09/22/no-redd-platform-issues-wakeup-call-to-funders/

Videos

Forest Stewardship Council

http://video.answers.com/forest-stewardship-council-certificate-process-part-1-2-416309188

Sustainable Palm Oil - WWF

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BRGj0DwYwA

Sustainable Palm Oil- Johnson and Johnson

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHhLiXn_DiQ

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil

http://wn.com/roundtable_on_sustainable_palm_oil

Expanding the Palm Oil Industry in Malaysia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=zqAWkul3E_E

REDD the New Green?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiybUJE2TRo

Exposing REDD: The False Climate Solution

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OzB-WBuwgk

Two Conflicting Views of the Harapan Rainforest Project, Sumatra, Indonesia

http://www.redd-monitor.org/2013/03/12/two-contrasting-views-of-the-harapan-rainforest-project-sumatra-indonesia/