Dr Setia Budhi – Palm Oil Detectives

Eyewitness Story by Dr Setia Budhi: The Last Village

Dayak girl - Dr Setia Budhi Eyewitness Story - The Last Village

A lone Dayak village in Borneo surrounded by palm oil plantations has held out for 14 years and resisted
corporate infiltration by global palm oil giants. My name is Dr Setia Budhi, I am a Dayak ethnographer and human rights advocate. I visited this village recently to see how they were going.

The Orangutan with the golden hair: A short story by Setia Budhi @setiabudhi18

Craig Jones Wildlife Photography. A female orangutan at dawn in Sumatra

He’s a golden haired orangutan, at least that’s what the villagers called him…. He is a male of the species of Pongo pygmaeus. This orangutan appears all the time on the slopes of the Müller Mountains, located 10,000 meters from the Mantikip Dayak village in the lush green heart of Borneo. News spreads rapidly throughoutContinue reading “The Orangutan with the golden hair: A short story by Setia Budhi @setiabudhi18”