The Rape of the Penan People

Our journey into the upper reaches of the Baram River in 2007 introduced us to communities of different tribes living harmoniously in villages just within walking distances from each other. A far cry from the days of the savage headhunters in the early 1900s. The Berawans, Kayans, Kenyah, Morek and Penans live in the Ulu Baram area. One thing that was clearly put through to us when talking to other tribes such as the Kayan, Berawan and Kenyah is that the Penan tribe is desperately in trouble. Their extinction seems to be imminent. The head of one tribe even mentioned to us that the nearby Penan Village had children been bred out of wedlock and of different fathers and they looked of mixed parentage. Of course, these other tribes ridicule the penan for continuing to live a simple, semi nomadic life, unable to integrate with the modernities provided by the government. They also mentioned of logging communities taking advantage of the tribe's naivety. For more on what purportedly is happening to them...

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Borneo's Orangutans ~ Where do they go when their homes are destroyed?

Organisations such as Sepilok Orangutan Appeal UK are fighting desperately against time to save these precious apes from going the way of the Dodo.

There are currently too many of these individuals being homed at Sepilok Orangutan Centre and more are expected to be sent there as Borneo's rainforest continue to be ravaged and land conversion into plantations are pushing them out of their homes.

With so many residents at Sepilok , the centre will soon be running out of space for them. Plans are ongoing to re-home a number at Tabin Wildlife Reserve. But relocation is expensive and your help is sorely needed. Think you can help?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Take a look at www.orangutan-appeal.org.uk/

The Malayan Tiger ~ help these endangered animals by signing the petition

The Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti). In the 1920’s when Malaya was almost entirely covered in jungle, the tiger was man’s no.1 enemy. Villagers were afraid to leave their homes at night for fear that they may be ambushed along the way by a hungry tiger. Today, wildlife trafficking, intense development and clearing of jungles for plantations are pushing these formidable beasts into extinction. If we don't start protecting their habitats and implementing more stringent set of laws against wildlife trafficking, the tigers will - in less than a century be just an iconic mythological creature. Find out more on what you can do locally for our tigers at:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.wwf.org.my