Alberto Gomes says he has lost faith in the willingness and ability of governments and agencies to protect the environment. FMTNews OrangAsli Environment Nature Indigenous Anthropologist
The Orang Asli protest against the proposed degazetting of the Kuala Langat North Forest Reserve.
He said the past three decades of sustainable development, championed by the United Nations , had not yielded results and had instead led to ecological and environmental degradation. “It’s a contradiction. You cannot grow and at the same time try to sustain.The word ‘sustain’ itself in the English language means to hold on, to strengthen, to keep something going, to maintain.
He said much could be learned from the indigenous people, explaining that the perception about humans and nature of these communities differed from that of “modern” societies.
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