The Philippines, blessed with rich forest resources, remains one of the world’s major suppliers of rattan, producing an ...

The art of rattan weaving has gone long past its heyday in Singapore. Rattan is used for a variety of purposes, more notably in the making of furniture, handicraft, and as building materials or ...

In the heart of Cambodia, a centuries-old tradition is alive and flourishing. In the commune of Bralay, Kampong Thom province, nearly 200 families are keeping the art of ropeak (rattan) weaving ...

From Bintulu, it takes about 10 hours by four-wheel drive (4WD) to reach the deep interior of Lusong Laku, a Penan resettlement in Sarawak’s Belaga district. For this writer, who was among four other ...

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Vientiane – More than 90 percent of rattan processed in the Greater Mekong originates from natural forests that are being depleted at an unsustainable rate. Rattan collection is an important source of ...