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Lost Worlds Of Mulu, The

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In the rush to protect the environment, the human cost of the destruction of tropical rainforests is often overlooked. Twenty years ago British explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison led a Royal Geographical Society expedition to the rainforest of Mulu, in Borneo. It was there that he met and befriended Nyapun, a member of the nomadic Penan tribe. Renowned for their intimate knowledge of their homeland, the Penan were the last of the rainforest nomads on Borneo. By the late 1970s, however, the destruction of the forest was beginning to force the tribe to settle. Robin left Mulu in 1978 with the future of Nyapun, and his people, in doubt. Now, two decades and much forest decimation later, Robin makes an emotional return to Mulu, hoping to retrace his steps and find his long lost friend Nyapun.

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