Forest Voices, Sarawak (CT)

Forest Voices, Sarawak (CT)

From Charity Travel, June 30th, 2010

Forest Voices documents the knowledge of the indigenous people of Sarawak, who have always lived with the forest and use it to empower them and reverse the trend of logging before it is too late.

We support with a small donation, our old camera, and some publicity.


Name:Forest Voices
Aim:"We work to preserve forest knowledge of communities using participatory techniques to nurture a dialogue among and between communities."
Since:2010
Staff:Noah Jackson
People Reached:Sarawak indigenous communities
Contact:B-8-5 LE CHATEAU CONDO II, LORONG SYED KUALA LUMPUR 50460 MALAYSIA http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31413906
Donation:100 USD and old camera

 Eastern Malaysia is home to a tremendous number of unique indigenous species, and still partly covered with one of the planet's richest rain forests.

We meet Noah and Michael at a meeting for "green people that is held in a restaurant at the landmark Petronas towers. They tell us about their concept of documenting indigenous knowledge on Sarawak, and their intention to literally give these citizens a voice by providing them cameras and other resources to document what is going on.

The next day, we visit them again and have a good conversation about the important issues thez are dealing with. We donate our old camera and some money they'd use to buy gifts to the indigenous people they are working with.

In July, they will be working for a few weeks on the ground in Sarawak. During this first phase of their project, they will provide the communities with the means to show the world what is going on and what natural wealth the loggers are irreversibly destroying. In a second phase, they will help the indigenous put to use their local knowledge in such a way that they can keep doing what they have always done: live in harmony with the forest. They will be empowered to make a fist towards the logging companies, and hopefully have a voice in the parliament of Malaysia and Sarawak.



Video introducing Forest Voices.

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