The damage is particularly felt
in the lowlands, the traditional habitat of Semang peoples. Those who live within
protected areas (subgroups of Batek, Ceq Wong, and Jahai) are in more favorable
circumstances, while others may have lost most or all of their community forest
reserves (Razha 1995). As traditional foods (especially game) become scarcer,
communities may be forced into unsustainable patterns of resource use (Robinson
and Bennett 2000).