Change and indigenous agroforestry in East Kalimantan [Part I]

This paper discusses the move of some members of the Dayak tribe from their old homes in the Borneo highlands to a new area by the coast. Their shifting-cultivator style of agriculture has been modified due to the availability of outboard motors, machine-hulled rice, and chainsaws. These machines

1. provide material advantages for the Dayak people,
2. present more potential for environmental degradation if used indiscriminately, and
3. tend to disempower women because of their weight (only men can easily handle them).