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Forbidden forest of the Dayak people
By: Teague Schneiter
Posted: Oct 5 09
Witnessed: 2434 times
Regions: Indonesia
Issues: Corporations and human rights, Education, Environment, Food & health & development, Housing, Indigenous peoples, Minorities, Sustainable development
Tags: Borneo, carbon trading, Dayak, deforestation, eco-innovation, indigenous knowledge, Kalimantan, Oma'lung, REDD
Produced by UN University's Our World 2.0 project
Associated text by Alva Lim on July 28, 2009:
"The Dayak Kenyah people live in the lungs of the world. Deep inside the lush rainforests of East Kalimantan, Indonesia, on the island of Borneo, they have coexisted in harmony with their forbidden forests (Tana Olen) for thousands of years.
In Setulang village, near the Malay-Indonesian border, lives the “Oma’lung” tribe — a particular sub-group of Dayaks now internationally renowned for gutsy efforts to save their forests from deforestation.
Driven by an ancient Dayak code restricting access to the forest and its resources, the Oma’lung use centuries-old indigenous knowledge to manage their natural landscapes sustainably (with practices like shifting cultivation and agro-forestry) so that both humans and nature benefit...."
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