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Forests (campaign title)
Illegal logging
Indigenous People
KWCI (GPI)
Men
One person
Outdoors
Roads
Timber
Timber industry
Transportation
Trucks
Sarawak Background Documentation
The Penan are one of the few remaining nomadic peoples of the rainforest. Their homeland in the Malaysian state of Sarawak is undergoing one of the highest rates of logging on earth. Penan are also threatened by a massive dam project. The proposed Bakun dam will flood 70,000 hectares of land, displacing indigenous peoples and wildlife and destroying even more rain forest. In the image, Penan man standing next to a Shin Yang Timber passing truck loaded with logs.
Unique identifier:
GP0184P
Type:
Image
Shoot date:
01/06/2002
Locations:
Malaysia
,
Sarawak
,
Southeast Asia
Credit line:
© Greenpeace / Dang Ngo
Ranking:
★★★★ (E)
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Forests Sarawak Documentation in Malaysia
The Penan are one of the few remaining nomadic peoples of the rainforest. Their homeland in the Malaysian state of Sarawak is undergoing one of the highest rates of logging on earth. Penan are also threatened by a massive dam project. The proposed Bakun dam will flood 70,000 hectares of land, displacing indigenous peoples and wildlife and destroying even more rain forest.
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