DEATH THROES OF A GREAT RAINFOREST (1992-2006)
The rainforest of Borneo is one of the oldest in the world. Previously it covered the whole of Borneo and parts of western Indonesia, reaching as far as The Philippines. Today large parts have disappeared due to commercial logging. The very existence of many impoverished native tribes is threatened by this. Some have begun armed resistance, others turn against the migrants who, likewise in search of a better life, have arrived to work the land as it is cleared. James Whitlow Delano documented the exploitation of the forest and the consequences that has for the original inhabitants. Tellingly, he entitled his photo essay DEATH THROES OF A GREAT RAINFOREST (1992-2006).
