Indigenous Issues- Videos

Hello Everyone,

Before class on Tuesday please take a look at these two videos and come to class prepared to discuss.

The first video examines attempts to build a dam in peninsular Malaysia to provide water for the KL area and the second examines the effects of logging and oil palm plantations in Sarawak, Borneo.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4866537776960651262

http://whatrainforest.wordpress.com/2008/10/02/what-rainforest-the-film-now-online/

The articles provide a little more info about the topics

Rising to the Water Challenge
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?sec=nation&file=/2011/3/20/nation/8309079

http://www.internationalrivers.org/files/030309.irnjbic.pdf


Indonesia to set aside 45% of Kalimatan for conservation.

http://ccmin.aippnet.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=837%3Aindonesia-to-set-aside-45-of-kalimantan-for-conservation&catid=28%3Aindonesia&Itemid=38

Powerpoint Presentations

Here are the links to the powerpoint presentation that I showed in class (so good it had to be divided into two parts)

http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/malaysian-rainforests-and-indigenous-peoples-part-1


http://www.slideshare.net/MarkMcGinley/malaysian-rainforests-and-indigenous-peoples-part-2