Pete Brosius brought Penan forest stewardship in Sarawak into court

In the early 1990s, the logging roads running through Sarawak’s Upper Baram became the site of a bitter confrontation.

Penan families built wooden barricades and faced off bulldozers, timber trucks, and state security forces.

As the protests drew international attention, the government of Chief Minister Abdul Taib Mahmud restricted media access and portrayed the Penan […]