Indonesia: Video Documentary On Indigenous Peoples And Local Wisdom: Saving Indonesia's Forests

Indonesia: Video Documentary On Indigenous Peoples And Local Wisdom: Saving Indonesia's Forests Indigenous peoples and their local knowledge are working to save millions of hectares of forests in Indonesia in the form of indigenous forests. For the Dayak Kuatantn in Pendaun village, West Kalimantan, 'Torunth' or the forest is their heritage. Through deliberations on their customs, the Pendaun community sets aside some areas of forests as 'Tanah Colap' or 'cold ground' - sacred forest. In...

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