Natural Resources and Indigenous People’s Livelihood Strategies: A Case Study of Human Communities in the Headwaters of Engkari River, Sri Aman, Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Spencer Empading, Sanggin, Neilson Ilan, Mersat, Wong, Swee Kiong, Mohamad Suhaidi, Salleh, Mohd. Azizul Hafiz, B. Jamain, Ahi, Sarok, Peter, Songan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Star Publishing Company 2016
• Subjects: HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13690/1/Spencer.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/13690/; http://www.academicstar.us
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak

This paper discusses the livelihood strategies and the environment in which the Iban of Rumah Jaong of the headwaters of Engkari River survives on and the challenges faced by its residents. The livelihood of the small Iban community depends on the natural resources for survival. Rivers serve as th...