a journal of a man with words, camera and his heart

INDONESIA | Sunday, 13 January 2013 | Views [855] | View Smaller Image

An endangered deer used as food by the workers of palm oil plantation. Due to lack of food and away the location of the camp workers to the nearest market, workers hunt deer or other animal for their food. Though the current number of deer is increasingly scarce as deforestation occurring massively.

Tags: extinction, deforestation, borneo, indonesia, palm oil

A six days old baby with a bath using water from the polluted rivers. Deforestation, coal mining and disposal of industrial waste streams contaminated all. Yet the indigenous has no other alternative sources. In the middle of the water crisis, people are forced to use polluted river water to meet their needs.

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A local resident looking to his own land, the area was appropriated and taken by a palm oil company. In fact, he lives as a farmer. Agrarian conflict between local residents with the company' is common in Borneo. Dealing with power, local residents continue to be victims of the conflict. They were driven away from his homeland.

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