Penan feature in Eden Project oil palm exhibit
A new exhibit at the world famous UK visitor attraction the Eden Project features the Penan of Sarawak and the destruction of their forests to make way for oil palm plantations.
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UN to Colombian armed groups: ‘Stop recruiting Indigenous children’
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UN publishes report detailing ‘critical situation’ of Indigenous people
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