Little People: How "Green" Bio-Fuel is Destroying the Malaysian Rainforest, Disrupting Lives

Barren Batek Negrito settlement set up by the government outside the entrance to Taman Negara National Park, sandwiched between the great protected forest and vast oil palm plantations to the north that now occupy land the Batek would live in and wander through when it was clothed in old growth rainforest not so long ago, Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia. The settlement lacks any shade and residents often retreat from the infernal midday sun into a forest settlement where the other families...
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Barren Batek Negrito settlement set up by the government outside the entrance to Taman Negara National Park, sandwiched between the great protected forest and vast oil palm plantations to the north that now occupy land the Batek would live in and wander through when it was clothed in old growth rainforest not so long ago, Kuala Koh, Kelantan, Malaysia. The settlement lacks any shade and residents often retreat from the infernal midday sun into a forest settlement where the other families from the same clan have chosen to remain and live. Public showers can be seen in the middle of the image.
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