Indonesia's forest communities under threat

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Uploaded by on Jan 4, 2012

For indigenous groups in Indonesia, the rainforest plays a crucial role in their cultural belief system.

As vast areas of the forest are being cut down to make space for palm oil plantations, one community in the heart of Borneo is pushing back to try to defend its land.

Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen reports from East Kalimantan.

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  • The little man will win in the end.

  • the indigenous man is right. this is neo-colonialism

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  • The Corporate World (Countries are a corporation) wreaking havoc on nature and the people

  • Hear the one about how thousands of villagers were murdered in Sumatra by Palm Oil corporations (Sinar Mas Group) because they wouldn't give up their land? NO? Didn't think so.

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