Sarawak: Malaysia's Penan Present Their Ideas For The Preservation Of Their Traditional Forests

Sarawak: Malaysia's Penan Present Their Ideas For The Preservation Of Their Traditional Forests   Indigenous Penan communities from Upper Baram, Sarawak/Malaysia, propose the “Penan Peace Park” as a model project that integrates forest protection and socio-economic development   A delegation of native Penan from Borneo’s interior yesterday presented a unique community-based conservation initiative at the State Assembly in Kuching, the capital of the Malaysian state of Sarawak. The...

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