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Human Inhabitants The Dyaks The Dyaks of Borneo have land claims which conflict with logging concessions given to the timber industry. The government more readily grants forest land to commercial interests than to tribal groups. Logging operations cause heavy flooding, siltation of rivers, animals leaving the area, and deforestation. The Dyaks are equally displeased with the Indonesian government's resettlement program which brings city dwellers and peasants to remote forest lands. In the late 1980s, the Dyaks, along with the Penan, Kayan, and Kelabit peoples, set up roadblocks to prevent logging trucks from entering their lands. The Malaysian government responded by dispatching military forces and arresting native protesters. In 1999, the Dyaks made international news in their bloody conflict in Indonesia with recent transmigrants from Madura. Hundreds were killed as native Dyaks raided the villages of the Madurese whose migration to Borneo was sponsored by the Indonesian government under its resettlement program. |
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Indigenous Health Lessons from the Maya Forest people plant knowledge A Brief Social History of Borneo Forest people today Tri-country Amerindian summit Indigenous people estimates Varzea vs Terra settlements |
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