We played this game in every village, always in 4 differentgroups: older men, older women, young men and youngwomen.
What do you need for this game?
Cards with names and drawings of uses, plants or animals
100 beans (pebbles or buttons)
Each time, we divided the 100 beans over the cards, according
to their importance: the more important something is, the more
beans you put on top of its card!
There are of plant and animal species thatare useful and important to us.
hundreds
From all of these, more than a hundred cannot bereplaced by any other species!
Vitex pinnata
Kayuh telekapaKayau lepapa
Kayu jepapah
Laban/Kalapapa
Nephelium
ramboutan-ake
Kayuh tevirikKayau bauwe
Kayu abung
Meritam
Cephalomappa
lepidotula
Kayuh beklinKayau betlaing
Kayu payan
Tristaniopsis whiteana
Kayuh belevanKayau belabang
Kayu belaban
Kayu mulu/belawan
Vitex pinnata
Kayuh telekapaKayau lepapa
Kayu jepapah
Laban/Kalapapa
Nephelium
ramboutan-ake
Kayuh tevirikKayau bauwe
Kayu abung
Meritam
Cephalomappa
lepidotula
Kayuh beklinKayau betlaing
Kayu payan
Tristaniopsis whiteana
Kayuh belevanKayau belabang
Kayu belaban
Kayu mulu/belawan
Kayuh tekaletKayau tekalet/kalan
Kayu palan
Lithocarpuscantleyanus
Lithocarpuscantleyanus
Kayuh tekaletKayau tekalet/kalan
Kayu palan
Fire wood: preferred wood to light afire.
Antiaris toxicaria
Kayuh tacomKayau peyo
Kayu salok
UpasArenga undulatifolia
JemaTalaya
Talang
ArenEusideroxylon zwageri
Kayuh kacikKayau kacei
Kayu lemien
Kayu ulin
Eugeissona utilis
VulungLanga
Nanga
Bertam/Kajatao
Sindora leiocarpa
Kayuh lemlaeKayau lemlae
Kayu lemelai
Antiaris toxicaria
Kayuh tacomKayau peyo
Kayu salok
UpasArenga undulatifolia
JemaTalaya
Talang
ArenEusideroxylon zwageri
Kayuh kacikKayau kacei
Kayu lemien
Kayu ulin
Eugeissona utilis
VulungLanga
Nanga
Bertam/Kajatao
Sindora leiocarpa
Kayuh lemlaeKayau lemlae
Kayu lemelai
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53Hunting function: poison, bait, glueto catch small animals.
Notice that there is in these smallcircles? This means;
for these uses.
a lot of green colourforest types are very important
Village Former village Garden
River Marsh Rice field
Young fallow Old fallow Forest?
4. We then divided another 100 beans to indicate the importanceof each land type for a specific use.
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. The big circle in the middle shows the relative
importance of each specific use to local people.
. Surrounding the circle are boxes with the
for each of these uses.You will find that drawings around the circle match those ofa nearby box.
5 most
important species
Merap name
Punan name
Kenyah name
Merap name
Punan name
Kenyah name
Scientific name
Indonesian name
Scientific name
Indonesian name
3. What languages are used?
Use classes and their importanceWe divided the 100 beans like this:
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Dryobalanops lanceolata
Bua ngaiMbua ngai
Bua kapun
Kapur
Lithocarpus sundaicus
Bua tekalet paanMbua kalan
Bua palan
Ficus sp.
LunukNouk/nue
Lunuk
Shorea pinanga
Bua avang lampeMbua bay
Bua abang ulo
TengkawangShorea parvifolia
Bua loop/tenakMbua hnaya
Bua tenak
Buah meranti
Dryobalanops lanceolata
Bua ngaiMbua ngai
Bua kapun
Kapur
Lithocarpus sundaicus
Bua tekalet paanMbua kalan
Bua palan
Ficus sp.
LunukNouk/nue
Lunuk
Shorea pinanga
Bua avang lampeMbua bay
Bua abang ulo
TengkawangShorea parvifolia
Bua loop/tenakMbua hnaya
Bua tenak
Buah meranti
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38Hunting place: indirectuse ofplants, asagood place forhunting,usually fruit trees.
Because these plant and animal
species are useful and important,
we must protect them!
Unite and overcome conflictsbetween villages
Draw compensation to supportthe village economy
Make special regulations tomanage resources sustainably
Plant/domesticate important species
... but, there are also severalways to deal with these threats:
According to us, there are several threats tothe future existence of these species...
Logging/mining companies
Conflicts about village boundaries
Uncontrolled and illegal logging
Clearing land for shifting cultivation
Overhunting
Unclear land tenure
Hystrix brachyura
Tauw
Landak
Aristolochia sp.
Oka kedayanKah kedayan
Aka kedayan
Aristolochia sp.
Oka kedayanKah kedayan
Aka kedayan
Hystrix brachyura
Tauw
Landak
Medicines: to cure ailments anddiseases or otherwise linked to health.
Mustela nudipes
Hlangaya
Pulusan chuk-putehMustela nudipes
Hlangaya
Pulusan chuk-puteh
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Ursus malayanusBeruangBeruang
Ursus malayanus
BowangMbuea
BuangBowangMbuea
Buang
Python reticulatus
Piye penganan
Ular sawah
Python reticulatus
Piye penganan
Ular sawah
TotungSetongTotungSetong
DrengangSengangangDrengangSengangang
Cai penganenJungulay penganenCai penganenJungulay penganen
Eusideroxylon zwageri
Kayuh kacikKayau kacei
Kayu lemien
Kayu ulin
Eusideroxylon zwageri
Kayuh kacikKayau kacei
Kayu lemien
Kayu ulinDryobalanops lanceolata
Kayuh ngaiKayau ngai
Kayu kapun
Kayu kapurDryobalanops lanceolata
Kayuh ngaiKayau ngai
Kayu kapun
Kayu kapurShorea parvifolia
Kayuh loop/tenakKayau hnaya
Kayu meranti
Shorea parvifolia
Kayuh loop/tenakKayau hnaya
Kayu meranti
Elmerrillia tsiampaccaElmerrillia tsiampacca
Kayuh adaoKayau arauKayuh adaoKayau arau
Kayu daoKayu dao
Kayu tenakKayu tenak
Building materials: beams, poles andplanks for house construction.
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Sindora leiocarpa
Kayuh lemelaeKayau lemlae
Kayu lemelai
Sindora leiocarpa
Kayuh lemelaeKayau lemlae
Kayu lemelai
Kayu adauKayu adau
Calamus caesius
We ogohNgoe ngka
Uwai seka
Rotan segahKorthalsia echinometra
We blaUwai bala
Rotan merahLicuala valida
Pou payung/jalaeHleye nyelae
Sang timai
Palas biru/Daun wiru
Pandanus sp.
RakLaah
Daa
Pandan besar
Calamus javensis
We jalaeNgoe nyalae
Uwai timai
Rotan pulut
Calamus caesius
We ogohNgoe ngka
Uwai seka
Rotan segahKorthalsia echinometra
We blaUwai bala
Rotan merahLicuala valida
Pou payung/jalaeHleye nyelae
Sang timai
Palas biru/Daun wiru
Pandanus sp.
RakLaah
Daa
Pandan besar
Calamus javensis
We jalaeNgoe nyalae
Uwai timai
Rotan pulut
Basketry/cordage: rattan and barkfor weaving, baskets and
.climbing
plants to serve as rope
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Ngoe mlaNgoe mla
Hopea dryobalanoides
Kayuh cakKayau cak
Kayu cak
Kayu merawanHopea dryobalanoides
Kayuh cakKayau cak
Kayu cak
Kayu merawan
Palaquium gutta
Kayuh nyatukKayau nyatau
Kayu nyato bala
Kayu nyatohPalaquium gutta
Kayuh nyatukKayau nyatau
Kayu nyato bala
Kayu nyatoh
Shorea parvifolia
Kayuh loop/tenakKayau hnaya
Kayu tenak
Kayu meranti
Shorea parvifolia
Kayuh loop/tenakKayau hnaya
Kayu tenak
Kayu merantiElmerrillia tsiampacca
Kayau arau
Kayu adau
Kayu dao
Elmerrillia tsiampacca
Kayau arau
Kayu adau
Kayu dao
Kayuh tevuluhKayau temblou
Kayu tebulo
Alseodaphne
ceratoxylon
Alseodaphne
ceratoxylon
Kayuh tevuluhKayau temblou
Kayu tebuloKayuh adaoKayuh adao
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Boat construction: wood to makeboats, sealants.
The animal drawings in this poster are by the artist KarenPhillipps. They were taken from MacKinnon, John 1999.
Oxford University Press Inc., New York and from Payne,Junaidi 1998. .The Sabah Society, Kota Kinabalu.
et al.
A Field Guide to The Birds of Borneo, Sumatra, Java and
Bali.
et al. A Field Guide to The Mammals of Borneo
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Elmerrillia tsiampacca
Kayuh adaoKayau arau
Kayu adau
Kayu dao
Dryobalanops lanceolata
Kayuh ngaiKayau ngai
Kayu kapun
Kayu kapur
Eusideroxylon zwageri
Kayuh kacikKayau kacei
Kayu lemien
Kayu ulinAgathis borneensis
Kayuh tumukKayau tomouk
Kayu tumu
AgathisShorea parvifolia
Kayuh loop/tenakKayau hnaya
Kayu tenak
Kayu meranti
Elmerrillia tsiampacca
Kayuh adaoKayau arau
Kayu adau
Kayu dao
Dryobalanops lanceolata
Kayuh ngaiKayau ngai
Kayu kapun
Kayu kapur
Eusideroxylon zwageri
Kayuh kacikKayau kacei
Kayu lemien
Kayu ulinAgathis borneensis
Kayuh tumukKayau tomouk
Kayu tumu
AgathisShorea parvifolia