Malaysia-culture-environment-Penan by M. Jegathesan. Penan children play with toy robots outside their house at Long Main village, located in the Miri interior at Ulu Baram, eastern Malaysian Borneo state of Sarawak on December 12, 2007. As the roar of heavy chainsaws echoes in the distance, 54-year-old Ajang Kiew, once a nomadic Penan tribesman, wages a losing battle to save his culture in Borneo's rainforests. The environmental damage wrought by the timber companies who are cutting swathes through Penan territory is not the only challenge faced by his people who now mostly live in villages. As the loggers build roads through the once-impenetrable jungle to enable them to extract the timber, they also open up access to the modern world -- including television, junk food and new ideas. Getty Images logo Getty Images 23 months ago

Malaysia-culture-environment-Penan by M. Jegathesan. Penan children play with toy robots outside their house at Long Main village, located in the Miri interior at Ulu Baram, eastern Malaysian Borneo state of Sarawak on December 12, 2007. As the roar of heavy chainsaws echoes in the distance, 54-year-old Ajang Kiew, once a nomadic Penan tribesman, wages a losing battle to save his culture in Borneo's rainforests. The environmental damage wrought by the timber companies who are cutting swathes through Penan territory is not the only challenge faced by his people who now mostly live in villages. As the loggers build roads through the once-impenetrable jungle to enable them to extract the timber, they also open up access to the modern world -- including television, junk food and new ideas.

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