UPPER BARAM, Malaysia When James Nyurang became headman of Tanjong Tepalit village in 2008, he learned from his predecessor and father of the terms set by timber giant Samling Group. When the company began cutting trees and leveling roads in Tanjong Tepalit in the 1990s, the headman of this Kenyah Indigenous village […]
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Mongabay - by Lam Nguyen and Danielle Keeton-Olsen on 28 February 2023 Cần Giờ, a coastal district of Ho Chi Minh City, is home to a 75,740-hectare (187,158-acre) mangrove forest, planted and maintained as part of post-war reforestation efforts. The district’s residents largely depend on aquaculture, shellfish gathering and small-scale ecotourism for their livelihoods. The government and…