In the heart of the Borneo forest, a village that said no to the chainsaws
AFP, May, 2005
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SETULANG, Indonesia (AFP) — The Borneo village of Setulang was offered 300,000 dollars by loggers who wanted to hack down their trees. The villagers considered the offer, then in a rare stand against the illegal felling that has laid waste to Indonesia's jungles, they refused.
It wasn't an easy choice for the 200 people of Setulang, who live nestled under a canopy of immense, valuable and sometimes extremely rare trees.
Many among the village's ethnic Kenyah Uma' Long farmers would have gladly taken the money to improve their basic quality of life. But the residents of Setulang are dependent on the forest for their existence.
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"In our community, opinions were divided between those who wanted to make a deal with the loggers and the others," says Ramses Iwan, a member of the village's council.
"But some of us have worked in Malaysia where trees have ...
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