HRW Assesses Sarawak's Timber And Palm Oil Industries

Luciana Téllez Chávez, Senior Environment & Human Rights Researcher, Human Rights Watch

25-Sep-24 07:45

HRW Assesses Sarawak's Timber And Palm Oil Industries

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Human Rights Watch wants Sarawak to be classified as high-risk for deforestation under the EU deforestation regulation (EUDR). This is based on HRW's joint one-year-long investigation which found Indigenous rights violations in the state. Luciana Téllez Chávez, Senior Environment & Human Rights Researcher at HRW explains the assessment in detail.

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