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What Rainforest?
By: Ahni
Posted: Mar 19 09
Witnessed: 1137 times
Regions: Malaysia
Issues: Environment, Impunity, Indigenous peoples
Produced by Ketapang Pictures, What Rainforest? is a 36-minute documentary about Segan Anak Degon, one person out of 100 indigenous Iban families who stood up to defend his land against the the oil palm industry, in the Sarawak region of Malaysia.
"What Rainforest" is also the name of a campaign that was "launched to counter the myth perpetuated by the government and pro-logging, pro-plantation corporate interests that everything is fine with the Malaysian rainforest."
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Comments
wake up industry of the world
By hbcret on Jun 6 09
Just another example of greed over humanity and environment. More land raping, and future destruction of race and ecosystems. Without any though to regulation in some or all parts of the world, we all will suffer the consequences in some level of impact. Now and in the coming years.