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A Santaiwong lorry hauls logs past Tɛmagaaᵏ village, in 2014.

A pile of logs at Sơid Mountain.

Logs clutter the Jɛŋhuŋ River, near Lawaar.

The Temiars’ once ample supply of rooﬁng palms, on the hills of the Pɛrloŋ River area, was destroyed by bulldozers.

Signs of past logging activities such as these are found all over the Lower Puyan. (Credit: Wahab ˀAlʉj)

A felled tree near Barˀơơb mountain.

Intelligent management: meranti trees planted by the Forestry, at Tanaaŋ, all in one spot!

A signboard placed at a log dump, at Tanaŋ, in 2003.

Landslides scar the land where loggers took all the hardwood, at Tʹmɛnkaaᵏ.

The former village of Pɛrloŋ was turned into a loggers’ yard.

Deep soil erosion scars the hillside at Sajaaᵏ, on Sơid Mountain, in 2013.

Logs sitting at the Bɛɛd River, that were harvested outside the licensed area, but were later collected anyway.

A landslide at the Bɛɛd River.

Jʹnulaŋ Hill, in the foothills of ˀAbơơŋ mountain, deforested.

The loggers’ yard right opposite Bʹrơg village. The close proximity of machinery and logs posed many dangers to the villagers. (Credit: Yusman ˀAndơᵏ)

Machinery at Sơid mountain.

A bare earth strategy at Sơid mountain. All natural plant species destroyed by wide open bulldozing.

Six months of wrecking, leaving no forest behind.

Logs at Sơid mountain.

Logs at Cɛdˀiid, once a fruit orchard that Bơŋsuh Pandaᵏ planted in the 1970s.

Jʹlantíís, reduced to a wasteland.

A log pile on Gʹləəŋ Ridge, once a hunting ground of the Temiars.

A huge landslide at the Rɛmŋơơm River, in the Píɲcơơŋ water catchment.

Catastrophe at the Pɛnrɛɛw River. A whole valley is wiped away after heavy rain and ﬂooding.

Another land collapse caused by logging in the Píɲcơơŋ River source area, that has only lead to heavy sanding of the rivers downstream.

The bare hilltop of once forested Cabol Hill.

The crossing on the Puyan River, made by the loggers to reach Cabol.

Giant logs harvested from the Píɲcơơŋ River valley, in 2016, are loaded at a log dump, near Gawíín.

The logs are hauled away on trucks to be sold.

A log pile at the Pɛrloŋ River.

Logging aftermath at the Pɛrloŋ River.

Logs of small trees in the Waaj river-source area.

A log pile in the Cox River area.

Further logging above Ləruw waterfall caused serious problems for the water supply of Pinaŋ village below. (Credit: Rapi)

Protesters at the Temiars’ ﬁrst blockade, in 2012, which caused quite a stir.

Temiars enter the logging yard at the Rơndơŋ River, in 2016. (Credit: Yusman ˀAndơᵏ)

Temiars meet at the late ˀUda Siyam’s home to discuss taking action to halt the logging. (Credit: Yusman ˀAndơᵏ)

Temiars man a blockade at Goob, in an attempt to halt the logging operations in 2015. (Credit: Yusman ˀAndơᵏ)

Temiars man a blockade at Goob, in an attempt to halt the logging operations in 2015. (Credit: various)

The blockade at Laŋơơy Hill, which became a small village as Temiars from all over made camp there.

Food cooking at the blockade.

Map of the Puyan, drawn by the Pos Gɔɔb community, demonstrating their knowledge of the land.

Solidarity at the blockade.

Another blockade, on the road to Bihay.

Logging companies removed all their machinery from the area.

The 2018 blockade at the Kalox River, near the historic rock shelter of Guwɔɔᵏ Cɔɔs.

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