SARAWAK GONE - Trailer 01
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Sarawak Gone - the last forest communities of Sarawak struggle to maintain customary rights to land - a micro-docs series. Presented by Andrew Garton in association with SACCESS. Released online, February 2010.
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| Produced by | Andrew Garton |
| Directed by | Andrew Garton |
| Contact | write the producer |
| Home page | more info |
| Produced | Jan 06, 2010 |
| Production Company | Toy Satellite |
| Distributor | Toy Satellite |
Full Description
Imagine forests that educate your children, feed your community and for generations define and inspire your culture.
Sarawak, along with Sabah, is a state of Malaysia on the island of Borneo. It is home to over 40 different sub-ethnic groups.
Many native communities, such as the Iban, Penan, Bidayuh, Kayan, Kenyah and Saban are still dependent on the remaining forests that they live in. However, they are under increasing pressure to leave or surrender their customary lands to forestry industries, palm oil plantations or dams.
Like the forests they inhabit and have been custodians to for generations, Sarawakâs native groups may also perish, along with their traditions, countless generations of cultural knowledge, their dignity and their rights.
Those that have already lost access to their customary lands and rights are finding uncertainty and cultural poverty the legacy their children will inherit.
Sarawak Gone is a micro-docs series raising awareness to the gradual decimation of the indigenous life and culture of Sarawak, the native land rights at stake and the rapidly decreasing habitats that are also home to countless protected and endangered flora and fauna.
For more information see about the issues raised in these micro-docs, read http://rengah.c2o.org.
awesome, looking forward to the full version