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Supporting indigenous communities protecting ancestral rainforests and human rights. The Borneo Project Board covers our administration expenses, so 100% of your donations go to help urgent initiatives in Borneo … (Homepage).
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Our Work (see also the links in the left column): Over the past 17 years we have coordinated trainings, equipment, volunteers and small grants for the following programs.
1) Indigenous Lands Protection:
- Community mapping for grassroots conservation and development planning;
- Legal aid for court cases to secure land tenure and halt forest destruction;
- Paralegal trainings for villagers.
2) Natural Resource Management:
- Reforestation of degraded areas with native trees;
- Demarcation of community-protected areas;
- Community gardens for organic vegetables and medicinal plants;
- Documentation of traditional uses of rainforests.
3) Micro-enterprise development:
- Handicrafts marketing;
- Organic black pepper and other cash crops;
- Indigenous music promotion.
4) Green Energy:
- Communities learn to install and manage microhydro systems in exchange for protection of upstream rainforests that provide water to the turbine.
HISTORY: … (full text/our work).