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View all search resultsYouth push for forests' future at Malaysia forum
Students, Indigenous representatives and conservation experts gathered at the Rainforest Youth Summit in Sarawak to draft environmental proposals as global forest loss remains too high to meet 2030 targets.
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Indigenous perspective: Award-winning filmmaker Sarah Lois Dorai, who is of Kelabit indigenous descent, speaks during the Rainforest Youth Summit (RAYS) in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, on June 24, 2026. Sarah was among the summit's featured speakers. (JP/Nur Janti)
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early 700 young people from around the world gathered in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, from June 24 to 26 not only to discuss conservation but also to draft recommendations they hope will help shape future environmental policies.
The third Rainforest Youth Summit (RAYS) brought together students, indigenous representatives, conservation experts and activists to exchange ideas on protecting forests and strengthening youth participation in conservation.
Among them was 19-year-old Ishlahuddini Putri, a forestry student at IPB University in Bogor, West Java, who joined dozens of Indonesian students at the summit.
Putri said she was particularly inspired by Ashley Lashley, a climate activist from Barbados who has championed environmental causes since her teenage years.
She also drew inspiration from presentations by Malaysian academic Hafizan Hashim and Singaporean conservation biologist Jessica Lee.
"The speakers showed me that conservation should not be merely symbolic but sustainable, which is also what we learn in class," she said.
She added that a discussion on indigenous communities' role in bird conservation broadened her understanding of how local knowledge can support biodiversity protection.
