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Bruno Manser
Bruno Manser was what you could call a typical 1980s activist who was looking for a people who lived without money—close to the origins of mankind, as he called it. He stumbled on the Penan in a book by a British explorer of northern Borneo in the 19th century. He joined a cave expedition and approached them and asked if they'd allow him to live with them.
They were happy to have a foreigner interested in their lifestyle, and they introduced him into their way of life and culture. -
Penan Peace Park
The Penan Peace Park is a unique project. Eighteen indigenous communities from eastern Penan decided they wanted to protect our forests. They said, We can't wait for the government to do that. We don't want to just go on blockading logging roads either. We want to have a vision of our own as to how we can develop sustainably, based on using products from the forest but also on ecotourism.
It is extremely good for the Tribes so that logging cannot take place in the area of the Penan Peace Park. -
Can Borneo's Tribes Survive 'Biggest Environmental Crime of Our Times'?
Borneo's tribes' homes are being invaded and destroyed by environmentalists cutting down the trees. The tribes are having to move deeper into the jungle to keep surviving because of all the trees being cut down. Former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called the deforestation of Sarawak, a sliver of rain forest on the island of Borneo, in Malaysia, "probably the biggest environmental crime of our times."
It is significant because Borneos Tribes need that place to stay alive and live. -
Logging in Borneo
If indigenous natives of Borneo rain forest want to build a school for the children, they can't find the timber to construct it. They frequently don't have access to clean drinking water because all the rivers have been polluted. And while the timber barons have become billionaires, the communities have remained very poor. Maybe there is a road. But do these people have a car to drive on the road?
Most of them don't. Most of the indigenous people that live in are poor, and are dying. -
Blowpipes against Bulldozers
The indigenous people in Borneo make blowpipes to hunt their prey in the jungle. Now since logging has come into Borneo they are being threatened in their homeland. One of the problems indigenous peoples have in resisting the loggers is that without a written culture, land claims are hard to justify.
The natives use blowpipes to hunt their prey and with the bulldozers coming they are threatend
