They were also asked to respect and recognise their rights to ensure the ‘full and effective participation’ of indigenous peoples in the respective countries' decision making process.
These were among the resolutions in the inaugural Krokong Declaration following a three-day Borneo Forests Conference attended by representatives from Sabah, Sarawak, West and East Kalimantan.
The conference was jointly organised by the Sarawak Dayak Iban Association, Borneo Resource Institute Malaysia, Building Initiative in Indigenous Heritage, Pascos Trust, Aliansi Masyarakat Adat Nusantara, Indonesia, and Jaringan Orang Asal SeMalaysia.
The Krokong Declaration remindedto the two governments, who endorsed and adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), of their obligation to uphold the rights of the indigenous peoples.
It calls on the these two governments to:
- Ensure the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples in all development policies, plans, assessments and implementation related to indigenous peoples subject to our Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC).
- Impose a moratorium on development projects that have been identified to be implemented and planned in our territories that have violated our rights and do not have our FPIC.
- Review all existing laws and regulations that undermine our rights as indigenous peoples.
- Urge the governments of Malaysia and Indonesia to stop and investigate all forms of violence against our people, arising from all the common issues below.
What's the Krokong Declaration says:
“We, the indigenous peoples of Borneo, have very distinct cultures and relations to our land, territories and resources.
“We, the indigenous peoples of Borneo, have very distinct cultures and relations to our land, territories and resources.
“We strive to maintain these distinct values through our Adat and norms that have been passed down to us from our ancestors for generations.
“We have lived and nurtured our traditional knowledge, innovations and practices since time immemorial, making us the true custodians of our land, territories and resources.
“We, the indigenous peoples of Borneo have suffered social injustices resulting from the imposition of development aggression on our lands, territories and resources. All these have been done without our free, prior and informed consent (FPIC).
“We have not been included in the decision making processes, thus we continue to be marginalised and discriminated regardless of our basic human and customary rights to land, territories and resources, as stated in state, national and international laws.
“We call upon our governments, Malaysia and Indonesia, who adopted the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, to fully uphold the rights contained in the declaration.
“We, the indigenous peoples of Borneo declare our solidarity and unity in declaring the Krokong Declaration to be respected and recognised towards its implementation in Malaysia and Indonesia.
“We are further united by the common threats that face us; mega dam projects, mining and other extractive industries, oil palm plantations, deforestation and forest degradation, and climate change on our island of Borneo. We recognise that these threats are faced by indigenous peoples in Malaysia and Indonesia as well as around the world.
lvbala's comments,
The above article was copied from M2day. I hope RPK won't go after me because I copied his report on native of Sarawak from his blog. I know he won't because I am only echos to his writing.
I wonder, do we have to be reminded on this issues? Is it because Malaysian "Mudah lupa" as once mentioned by the famous Indian mix blood prime minister who forgot his own origin and claim he is BUMIPUTRA of this country. He wrote his bangsa as INDIAN when he was studying in University Malaya in Singapore.
But lately he became bumiputra of this country and became a Malay origin. What a wonderful world.
This is how DEB was miss-lead by current leaders starting from Tun. The non Malays was promised their sacrifice is only for certain years and will be revise once the term ends. But achievement percentage was used to blind Malaysians.
And this will be used until this country's wealth drained by the Malaysian politicians.
Back to the question?
Isn't it the native suppose to be the only BUMIPUTRA of this country? The rest of us are pendatang. This goes to Malays, Chinese and Indian as well.
Are we neglecting them? Are we suppose to change the existing law for their benefits in this country? Or it was neglected on purpose? Do someone need to remind us to this issues?
All comments are good comments. There are no bad comments or good comments. So everyone have the right to comment. How about you?
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