Sarawak natives bringing Mulu forest dispute to Unesco's attention


  • Nation
  • Thursday, 14 Mar 2019

Already cleared... Some 4,400 hectares of forests adjacent Mulu National Park being cut down for an oil-palm plantation. - Drone pic

MIRI: The Mulu National Park natives, currently staging human blockades against an oil-palm giant to stop forest-clearing, are bringing their fight to the world stage.

These disgruntled Mulu natives have lodged an official complaint to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) headquarters in Paris.

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