Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet, together with the solutions. Rebecca Cairns/CNN A ‘stateless’ community Despite living in the region for decades, even centuries, many of the Bajau Laut in Semporna are “stateless” and not considered Malaysian citizens. Adzmin Fatta, who works with many stateless people …
The people of Bungin first settled in the area 200 years ago, building their homes on coral harvested from the sea. Bungin Island, Sumbawa, Indonesia – Scattered across many of the islands and coastal communities in Southeast Asia, the Bajau, numbering about one million people, are the world’s largest remaining group of sea nomads. With 3,500 residents on just 8.5 …
