These maps have been produced to represent the results of PGIS activities in the area of territorial mapping, conflict resolution and community resource panning
 


Title: Land-Use Map and Ancestral Domain Map of the Molbog Peoples
Location: Balabac Island, Palawan, Philippines, 2007

For two decades, the Penan indigenous people have tenaciously defended their rainforest home against the constant incursions of logging companies. In the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, 90 percent of primary forests already have been logged. Now the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) has certified a private logging company to “manage� one of Sarawak’s last remaining primary forests, where over 400 Penan families
For two decades, the Penan indigenous people have tenaciously defended their rainforest home against the constant incursions of logging companies. In the Malaysian state of Sarawak on the island of Borneo, 90 percent of primary forests already have been logged. Now the Malaysian Timber Certification Council (MTCC) has certified a private logging company to “manage� one of Sarawak’s last remaining primary forests, where over 400 Penan families