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Forests are important for all living beings. For humans, their importance is traceable from the economic, social, cultural, political, ecological, and even spiritual points of view. It is usually recognized that the forest is important to the livelihoods of the local people. Their lives are centered around the forest and their cultures develop from their relationship with it.
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Nanang, M. (2003). Forest Values and Livelihood Uncertainty in Two Indigenous Communities of Indonesian Borneo. In: Inoue, M., Isozaki, H. (eds) People and Forest — Policy and Local Reality in Southeast Asia, the Russian Far East, and Japan. Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2554-5_14
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