Aims

The Bruno Manser Fund is committed to maintaining the threatened tropical rainforests with their rich plant and animal life, and to campaigning, in particular, for the rights of the peoples who inhabit the rainforests.

Given that Bruno Manser, our founder and president for many years, spent several years living with the Penan in the Malaysian federal state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, our commitment is focused primarily on this people and on protecting the forests of Sarawak.

Our activity includes both projects in Malaysia and projects and campaigns in Europe, especially in Switzerland (see Projects). An important element in our work is running a publicly accessible documentation centre at our organisation's headquarters in Basel.

“Why is the government against us? We don’t want to cause problems for anyone; they are the ones who are creating problems for us.”