Penans: The forest is our life

comments     Sophie Grig     Published     Updated

Traditional hunter-gatherers leading a nomadic life deep in the forests of Sarawak and satisfied with the bounty nature has always provided them. This has been the history of the Penan for centuries.

That is until civilisation hit them in the form of buzz saws and bulldozers, and their home began to shrink in alarming fashion. Their quality of life has been on the decline ever since.

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