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1987 - Communities in Sarawak, such as Penan and Kayan, resisted logging by putting up a blockade in the Baram region - 42 activists were arrested. [9]1990 - The Voices for the Borneo Rainforest World Tour, brought Indigenous perspectives to forums across the globe, with the goal of raising awareness about the logging in Sarawak, and calling for an end to deforestation in primary rainforests ...
Penan are one of the last such peoples remaining as hunters and gatherers. The Penan are noted for their practice of 'molong' which means never taking more than necessary. Most Penan were nomadic hunter-gatherers until the post-World War II missionaries settled many of the Penan, mainly in the Ulu-Baram district but also in the Limbang district.
Tong Tana: A Journey to the Heart of Borneo is a 1989 Swedish documentary film about the Penan people of Sarawak, Borneo, a federal state of Malaysia, and their struggle to protect their tropical rainforest. [1]
The Penan are the only true nomadic people in Sarawak and are amongst the last of the world's hunter-gatherers. The Penan make their home under the rainforest canopy, deep within the vast expanse of Sarawak's jungles. Even today, the Penan continue to roam the rainforest hunting wild boar and deer with blowpipes. [citation needed]
The Punan Bah people are distinct and unrelated to the semi-nomadic Penan people. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Their name stems from two rivers along the banks of which they have been living since time immemorial. They have other names including Mikuang Bungulan or Mikuang and Aveang Buan but those are used only ritually nowadays.
Skiing great Lindsey Vonn has announced that she will make her World Cup return at St Moritz, Switzerland next weekend.. In a video posted by her sponsor, Red Bull, on Friday, the 40-year-old Vonn ...
Crystal Mangum, the former exotic dancer who accused three Duke men’s lacrosse players of rape in 2006, igniting a national firestorm, now says she lied about the encounter. “I testified ...
Ulu Baram is a remote area of Sarawak in Malaysia.It is an encased alluvial plain, created in part by the Baram River.. The forest is certified for logging. Most of Ulu Baram belongs to the traditional area of the Orang Ulu (Upriver People), a collective name that includes the Penan people (about 10,000 overall), Kayan, Kenyah, Saban, Punan and Kelabit.