Words in the languages of the Iban and Dusun people are the tip-off that a tree given a single scientific name is actually two species. ... Genes confirm Iban traditional knowledge in Borneo.

In the rainforests of West Kalimantan, in Indonesian Borneo, the Indigenous Dayak Iban listen to what they call “omen birds,” ...

Managing natural resources – traditional knowledge For centuries, the Dayak indigenous people in the Heart of Borneo have managed the forests in sustainable ways. Their practices, supported by ...

To ensure this traditional knowledge is passed on to younger generations, Dayak Iban elders share it at an Indigenous school, and a young filmmaker from the community has made a documentary about ...

Through their research, the scientists confirmed the traditional knowledge of the Dusun and the Iban: The wild pingan is genetically distinct from the domestically cultivated plant lumok.

Traditional knowledge can help fill gaps in our information base and identify promising areas for future research. Both correspondence and gaps in knowledge support the call for a greater role for ...

Slow food is more than just sustenance: local, organic food is an expression of way of life and traditional knowledge in the Krayan Highlands On April 1st 2011, at the end of the inauguration of the ...

THE Gawai Teresang Tinggi, a traditional Iban thanksgiving ceremony, was enacted last Sunday morning at the Dayak section of the Borneo Cultural Festival (BCF) in Sibu. The elaborate ceremony ...

“The culture of listening to omen birds is getting rare now, but we still view the birds as messengers in Sungai Utik,” says Hermanus Husin, 66, a Dayak elder from Sungai Utik.