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Bruno Manser Fonds
Heuberg 25
4051 Basel
Switzerland
phone +41 61 261 94 74
fax +41 61 261 94 73
info@bmf.ch
updated 2001-01-31
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Society for
the peoples of the rainforest
Verein für die Völker des Regenwaldes
Association pour les peuples de la fôret pluviale
The Bruno Manser Fund (BMF), Association for the people
of the rainforest, has for main activity the support of the
Penan tribe in Sarawak, East Malaysia, Borneo, and other
indigenous peoples to protect the remaining virgin forest
within their traditional homeland in respect of the human
rights. One means is the education of the consumers related
to the timber trade.

Bruno Manser, Along Sega, headman of the last nomadic
Penan in the Ulu Limbang area, Gisa Paren (from left)short
before Bruno left Sarawak 1990.
What's New
Petition für den Schutz der Tropenwälder
eingereicht, Bern, 19. Juni 2002
-> Presseerklärung
-> Petition
International Tropical Timber Organisation (ITTO):
STOP Rainforest
Destruction! Bern, 2. Mai 2002
Newsletter/Rundbrief/Lettre circulaire:
Tong Tana Dezember 2001 (deutsch/english/francais):
BMF im Umbruch/Zweite Suchexpedition August 2001/Politik und
Holzwirtschaft in Sarawak + Malaysia/Schweiz/BMF-Intern -
radical changes in the BMF/politics and timber economy in
Sarawak + Malaysia/Switzerland/Bmf-internal - La necessaire
restructuration du BMF/Politique et economie du bois en
Sarawak et Malaisie/Swuisse/Nouvelles du BMF
Rückschlag für Schweizer FreundInnen der
Urvölker: Der Ständerat hat am 5. Dezember 2001
verhindert, dass sich die Schweizer Regierung mit der
Ratifizierung der UNO/ILO-169 Konvention (zum Schutz von
indigenen und in Stämmen lebenden Völkern)
befassen kann.
Presse-Erklärung vom 5. Dezember 2001
Menschenrechtspreis 2001 für Bruno Manser: Nun, da
ernicht mehr stört, wird Bruno von Kreisen geehrt, die
seine Anliegen sowohl auf politischer als auch auf
wirtschaftlicher Ebene vehement bekämpften. Presse-Erklärung
vom 17. November 2001
Gemeindekampagne: 300 Schweizer Gemeinden verzichten
offiziell auf die Verwendung von Holz aus Raubbau. Presse-Mitteilung
vom 22. Oktober 2001
Newsletter/Rundbrief/Lettre circulaire:
Tong Tana August 2001 (deutsch/english/francais):
Petition an Schweizer Bundesrat: Austritt aus der Internationalen Tropenholz
Organisation ITTO! Petition d/f/e
Today, 23 May 2001, it is exactly 1 year
since his friends last received a sign from Bruno
Manser. With every day that passes, the likelihood
is fading that Bruno Manser will ever return to us.
look at the press
release (deutsch/français)
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On May 12th, 2001, the High Court in Sarawak, a Malaysian
state on the island of Borneo, issued an extraordinary
ruling that could have sweeping consequences for indigenous
land rights.
By Harlan Thompson, Borneo Project, Berkely, USA, may
23rd, 2001
After two years of litigation, the court upheld the
customary rights of the Iban village Rumah Nor, finding the
Borneo Paper and Pulp company did not have the right to
destroy Rumah Nor's rainforest.
more
Where is Bruno Manser? Results of the
search-expedition into the heart of last nomadic Penan's
refuge area. Basel, January 31st, 2001
A search team organised by the Bruno-Manser-Fonds (BMF)
investigated whether Bruno fell when climbing the mountain
Batu Lawi. Mountain guide Dario Schwoerer lead a helicopter
search around Batu Lawi at the same time as a ground team
searched on Batu Lawi on foot and followed Bruno's traces
and talked to witnesses and close Penan friends.
look
at the press release
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