Save Sumatra, Orang Rimba, Elephants, Forests!

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Save Sumatra, Orang Rimba, Elephants, Forests!

 

In July 2008, WWF Indonesia and WARSI traveled through Sumatra's

provinces of Riau and Jambi.

 

They visited a group of the local tribe of Orang Rimba in the buffer

zone of Bukit Tigapuluh National Park. Only about 3000 members of this

tribe survive mostly in Jambi. The Orang Rimba report that in about

the year 2000, companies began to seriously destroy their forests so

they no longer could collect rattan and resins to sustain their

livelihood. They were forced to begin converting small patches of

forest to rubber, corn and rice to generate food and some cash to

live. Palm oil production is one of the serious threats to their

survival as oil palm companies are destroying Orang Rimba forests.

 

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