Every year deliberately lit fires rage across Indonesia. They destroy pristine rainforest, endanger orangutans and contribute to climate change. A young carbon trading entrepreneur goes in search of a solution.
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Threats
Deforestation by Big Agribusiness, forestry and illegal logging is having a drastic impact on the Orang Rimba’s ancestral lands. Countless numbers of plants and animals, many of them endangered, are disappearing every day to make way for more plantations. There are also concerns that future carbon trading and avoided deforestation schemes might further impact the Orang Rimba’s land rights. Organisations such as WALHI and WARSI are working to defend indigenous rights in Indonesia and establish equitable land rights precedents.
You can learn more about them here:
WALHI: http://www.eng.walhi.or.id/ [Available in English]
WARSI: http://www.warsi.or.id [Some English text available]
