In Malaysia, the vastly diverse area of Borneo known as Sarawak, home to the nomadic Penan people, is the world's oldest and richest ecosystem rainforest. But it is also being deforested rapidly. This paper discusses Sarawak's plight.

Save our forest, HALT MULTI-NATIONAL RAIN FOREST DESTRUCTION

Wilderness Committee Educational Report Vol.08 - No.06b 2nd class, 1989

Credits

Thom Henley, of Victoria, British Columbia, provided the photos and text for this paper. A few months ago he visited Sarawak, where he documented by video and colour slides the unfolding ecological disaster and injustice to the Penan and other indigenous people caused by rapid deforestation. Since his return he has travelled to Ottawa, Ontario, and Washington, D.C. to try to get action to help save the Borneo rainforest and the Penan people. He helped establish the Penan Emergency Relief Fund. He is doing as much as he can to try to save this rainforest and its tribespeople.
Please help him to succeed!

Production: Paul George.

Editing: Adriane Carr

Paste-up and design: Bev Dusseault

Web publishing 2005: Allie Nam, Anton van Walraven

This is a WILD (Wilderness Is the Last Dream) PROJECT publication.