Voices from the rainforest : testimonies of a threatened people /
Bruno Manser ; translated by Anthony Dixon and Johanna Veth.
- 294 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 292-294).
Foreword -- About this Book -- Letter from Sarawak -- Dwindling Forests -- Borneo and Sarawak -- The Original Dayak Peoples -- The Penan -- Testimonies -- About the Harassment -- Jungle Politics -- Resistance to the Logging, 1986 -- The First Major Blockades -- Disappointments, Hopes, New Struggles -- The Third Wave of Blockades -- Endless Protests? -- Ongoing Problems -- Sarawak in the International Limelight -- The Search for Solutions -- A Suggested Framework for a Solution -- The International Tropical Timber Trade -- Actions Speak Louder than Words -- Banning Tropical Timber from Primary Forests - a Strategy -- Active Protection of Tropical Forests -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Bibliography and References. APPENDICES -- Chronology of Events -- Blockades by Dayaks Against Logging in Sarawak, 1984-91 -- Arrests of Natives in Sarawak Who Opposed Logging, 1987-1994 -- Malaysian Social and Political Hierarchy -- Declaration of the People of the Ulu -- European Parliament Resolution, 1988 -- Al Gore's Senate Resolution, 1990 -- Economy of Malaysia: Between Boom and Environmental Destruction -- Malaysia's Forest Economy -- Tropical Timber Imports into the EC Countries -- Usama Industries Sdn. Bhd. -- Some Non-governmental Organizations Supporting Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights and the Protection of Rainforests -- The Bruno Manser Foundation (BMF) -- Declaration of the Society for Threatened Peoples, Switzerland, Greenpeace Switzerland, Helvetas, and WWF Switzerland.
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Penan (Bornean people)--Social conditions. Penan (Bornean people)--Material culture. Nature--Effect of human beings on--Borneo. Deforestation--Borneo. Forest products industry--Borneo.