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Gardens of the Orang Asli: Protecting Indigenous Plant Knowledge in Malaysia’s Rainforests
The air is thick with the scent of damp earth and wild ginger as rays of sunlight struggle through the emerald canopy. Deep ...
Malaysia's first Orang Asli principal gets award for her contributions to education
IPOH: Rasila Yas, Malaysia's first Orang Asli principal, has been honoured with the Orang Asli Icon Award in recognition of ...
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On a prime slice of Malaysia's Selangor coast, an Orang Asli tribe fights to hold onto its ancestral land - CNA
The country has slightly more than 200,000 Orang Asli from 18 tribes, or just under 1 per cent of its total population of 32 million. Selangor is home to 4,100 members of the Mah Meri, its ...
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Malaysia’s plan to gift orang utans to countries buying palm oil panned by green groups
WWF-Malaysia, for one, noted that orang utans are slow breeders and taking female simians out of the country to a strange and unnatural environment may adversely impact the orang utan population.
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Malaysia’s Orang Asli women gain acceptance through filmmaking and grassroots activism
In Malaysia, a group of Orang Asli (First Peoples) women have been advocating to strengthen their representation in Malaysian society through documentaries and workshops. Orang Asli women face ...
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Malaysia's Orang Asli need more help improving their health
The Orang Asli are the indigenous people of Peninsular Malaysia. The Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954 (Act 134) defined the Orang Asli as “any person whose male parent is or was a member of an ...
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Orang utan diplomacy: Why Malaysia’s scheme is attracting criticism before it starts - The Straits Times
In the Malay language, orang utan means “person of the forest”. These great apes are found only in Malaysia and Indonesia. They have reddish fur, long arms, cheek pads and, just like China’s ...