Bornéo : Le convoi de la jungle | Les Routes de l'impossible

00:00 Borneo has one of the last primary forests in Southeast Asia. A treasure that makes the fortune of forestry operations. Loggers and drivers come from all over Indonesia to seek the best wages in the country, felling with a vengeance. Dangerous work carried out in extreme conditions. Massive deforestation has disfigured the region to the point of endangering the wildlife and indigenous peoples who live there. Borneo, the fourth largest island in the world, has become the symbol of this unequal struggle against the big companies that exploit its wealth to the detriment of its inhabitants, its fauna and its flora. 03:08 The island is shared between Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei 04:50 Everyone in Borneo is armed 10:42 According to tradition, each tree houses a spirit 13:10 Former head-cutting tribe, now peaceful 13:59 To earn a living, Ali resells birds on the markets 19:48 Borneo is experiencing an ecological disaster, the island has lost 85% of its primary forest 21:05 The wood from this forest is considered the hardest in the world 24:24 With the rains, he has to drive on a muddy road 28:11 In the Derawan archipelago, the inhabitants hope that the search for oil will not destroy the archipelago 32:37 the inhabitants of this archipelago are called sea gypsies 35:30 With his load of wood, the road becomes perilous 41:00 To transport the trunks, they make them float 44:55 But sometimes the forest regains ground by erasing human traces. Director: Alexandre Deraims